Abstracts tagged "obesity and vasculitis"

Abstract Number: 2563 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012
Factors Associated with Major Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Primary Systemic Necrotizing Vasculitides: Results of a Longitudinal Long-Term Follow-up Study
Benjamin Terrier¹, Christian Pagnoux², Gilles Chironi³, Alain Simon³, Luc Mouthon⁴, Loic Guillevin⁵ and French Vasculitis Study Group (FVSG)⁶, ¹Internal Medicine, Cochin University Hospital, Paris, France, ²Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada, ³HEGP, Paris, France, ⁴Internal Medicine, Hopital Cochin, Paris, France, ⁵Internal Medicine, Division of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Cochin, University Paris Descartes, Paris, France, ⁶Paris
Background/Purpose: Primary systemic necrotizing vasculitides (SNV) were shown to be associated with more frequent subclinical atherosclerosis, independently of cardiovascular (CV) risk factors and C-reactive protein…