Abstracts tagged "rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and ultrasonography"

Abstract Number: 547 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Concordance Between Ultrasound Joint Synovitis and Clinical Joint Assessments By Patients or Physicians in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Ayako Hirata¹, Takehisa Ogura¹, Sayaka Takenaka¹, Hideki Ito², Yuki Fujisawa¹, Kennosuke Mizushina¹, Munetsugu Imamura¹, Norihide Hayashi² and Hideto Kameda¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan, ²Toho University Ohashi Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Ultrasonography (US) has been prevalently used as a valid and objective modality for joint examination in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). This study aimed…
Abstract Number: 1487 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Comparison Between Intima-Media Thickness and Coronary Artery Tomography in Subclinical Atheroesclerosis Detection in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Carlos Fernández-Díaz¹, Lucia Cristina Domínguez-Casas¹, Leyre Riancho-Zarrabeitia¹, Alfonso Corrales¹, José Antonio Parra², Virginia Portilla³, Montserrat Santos-Gómez⁴, Patrick H Dessein⁵, Ricardo Blanco¹ and Miguel Angel Gonzalez-Gay¹, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ²Radiology Division, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology, Hospital Can Misses, Ibiza, Spain, ⁵Cardiovascular Pathophysiology and Genomics Research Unit, School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Background/Purpose: Intima media thickness (IMT) and coronary artery calcification (CAC) quantification using multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) scanner are useful in detecting subclinical atherosclerosis and…
Abstract Number: 1488 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Comparison Between Carotid Ultrasonography and Coronary Artery Calcification Score to Detect Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Lucia Cristina Domínguez-Casas¹, Leyre Riancho-Zarrabeitia¹, Carlos Fernández-Díaz¹, Nuria Vegas-Revenga², Alfonso Corrales¹, José Antonio Parra³, Montserrat Santos-Gómez⁴, Virginia Portilla², Patrick H Dessein⁵, Ricardo Blanco¹ and Miguel Angel Gonzalez-Gay¹, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ³Radiology Division, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology, Hospital Can Misses, Ibiza, Spain, ⁵Cardiovascular Pathophysiology and Genomics Research Unit, School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Background/Purpose: Carotid ultrasonography (CU) and coronary artery calcification score (CAC) evaluated by multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) scanner are useful in detecting subclinical atherosclerosis in…
Abstract Number: 1974 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Is Ultrasound of the Hands Enough to Reveal Ongoing Subclinical Inflammation in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients in Clinical Remission According to Composite Scores?
Hilde Berner Hammer¹, Tore K Kvien² and Lene Terslev³, ¹Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ²Dept. of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ³Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE), Copenhagen, Denmark
Background/Purpose: Several studies have shown the presence of subclinical inflammation by ultrasound (US) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients despite clinical remission according to clinical composite…
Abstract Number: 2487 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
In Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis in Clinical Remission Undergoing Treatment Tapering Tenosynovitis and Synovitis Detected By Ultrasonography Predict Disease Flare
Antonella Adinolfi¹, Giovanni Cagnotto², Filippo Luccioli³, Claudio Mastaglio⁴, Giulia Mirabelli³, Daniela Rossi⁵, Silvia Rossi², Emanuela Bellis⁶, Greta Carrara⁷, Carlo Alberto Scirè⁸, Annamaria Iagnocco⁹ and Garifallia Sakellariou², ¹Policlinico le Scotte, Siena, Italy, ²University of Pavia, IRCCS Foundation Policlinico S. Matteo, Pavia, Italy, ³University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy, ⁴Moriggia-Pelascini, Gravedona, Italy, ⁵Department of Medicine and Experimental Oncology, CMID - Center of Research of Immunopathology and Rare Diseases, Turin, Italy, ⁶Rheumatology, Ospedale Mauriziano, Turin, Italy, ⁷Epidemiology Unit, Italian Society for Rheumatology, Milano, Italy, ⁸Epidemiology Unit -Italian Society for Rheumatology, Milano, Italy, ⁹Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Background/Purpose: Ultrasound (US) detected synovitis predicts flare in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), while the role of tenosynovitis has yet to be established. The aim…
Abstract Number: 131 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Analysis of Correlation and Causes for Discrepancy Between Quantitative and Semi Quantitative Doppler Scores in Synovitis in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Hamed Rezaei^1,2,3, Erik af Klint⁴, Hilde B. Hammer⁵, Lene Terslev⁶, MA d'Agostino^7,8, Yogan Kisten³ and Laurent Arnaud⁹, ¹Department of Medicine, Unit for Clinical Therapy Research, Inflammatory Diseases (ClinTRID), The rheumatology clinic of the Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, ²The Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Department of Medicine, Unit for Clinical Therapy Research, Inflammatory Diseases (ClinTRID), The Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁴Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, ⁵Dept. of Rheumtology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁶Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE), Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁷Rheumatology, Versailles-Saint Quentin en Yvelines University, Boulogne-Billancourt, France, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, Ambroise Paré Hospital, Boulogne-Billancourt, Versailles-Saint Quentin en Yvelines University- APHP, Ambroise-Paré Hospital, Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris, France, Paris, France, ⁹Unit for Clinical Therapy Research, Inflammatory Diseases (ClinTRID), Dept. of Medicine, Karolinska institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Doppler ultrasound plays an increasing role for monitoring disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). This study aimed to evaluate the association between two semi-quantitative…
Abstract Number: 133 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Agreement Between DAS28-ESR, DAS28-CRP, SDAI, CDAI (Simplified/Clinical Disease Activity Index), ACR/EULAR Remission Criteria and Ultrasound Scoring (Naredo-12) in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis in Routine Care
Marion Cugnet¹, Mélanie Trabelsi², Paul Ornetti¹, Philippe Gaudin³, Stéphanie Rouanet⁴ and Athan Baillet², ¹Rheumatology, Dijon University Hospital, France, Dijon, France, ²Rheumatology, Grenoble University Hospital, France, Echirolles, France, ³Grenoble University Hospital, France, Grenoble, France, ⁴StatEthic, Levallois-Perret, France, Levallois Perret, France
Background/Purpose: Clinical remission is now a realistic goal in managing rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with treat to target strategy assessed according to different composite scores (DAS28,…
Abstract Number: 138 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Measuring Agreement in the Ultrasonographic Evaluation of Disease Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients. a Latin-American Multicenter Exercise Assessing the Influence of Sonographer Experience and Expertise
Tomas Cazenave¹, María Victoria Martire^2,3, Christian A. Waimann⁴, Edith Alarcón⁵, Lucio Ventura⁶, Walter J. Spindler⁷, Christina Hernandez-Diaz⁸, Javier Rosa⁹, Santiago Ruta⁹, Mara Guinsburg¹⁰, Gustavo Rodriguez Gil¹¹, Cecilia Urquiola¹², Guillermo Py¹³, Magalí Alva¹⁴, Patricio Tate¹⁵, Carmen Cerón¹⁶, Lida Santiago¹⁵, Ana Laura Alvarez del Castillo Araujo¹⁷, Maria Jezabel Haye Salinas¹⁸, Erika Catay¹⁹, Maximiliano Bravo¹⁹, Johana Zacariaz⁹, Clarisa Sandobal²⁰, Gonzalo Pacheco²¹, Mariana Benegas²², David Navarta²³, Verónica Arturi^24,25, Ana Bertoli²⁶, Marcelo Audisio²⁷, Carlos Pineda²⁸, Natalia Estrella²⁹, Carla Airoldi³⁰, Paula Kohan³¹, María Julia Santa Cruz³², Lina Saldarriaga Rivera³³, Romulo Wong³⁰, Ignacio Carrillo³⁴, Hugo Najera²¹, Julio García³⁵, Daniele Freitas Pereira³⁶, Fernanda Athayde Cardoso Linhares³⁷, José Alexandre Mendonça³⁸, Maritza Quintero³⁹, Anthony M. Reginato⁴⁰, Eliana Natalí Ayala Ledesma³⁵, Lorena Urioste⁴¹, Eugenio De Miguel⁴², María Soledad Gálvez Elkin⁴³, Carla Saucedo⁴⁴, Josefina Marin⁹, Rodolfo Arape⁴⁵, Marwin Gutierrez³³ and Marcos Rosenffet¹, ¹Instituto de Rehabilitación Psicofísica, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ²Rheumatology, Hospital Bernardino Rivadavia, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ³Rheumatology, Hospital Italiano de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina, ⁴Rheumatology, Hospital Dr. Hector Cura, Olavarria, Argentina, ⁵Hospital San Juan de Lurigancho, Lima, Peru, ⁶Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación, Ciudad de México, Mexico, ⁷Centro Médico Privado de Reumatología, Tucuman, Argentina, ⁸Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación, Mexico City, Mexico, ⁹Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Service, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Instituto Universitario Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, and Fundacion PM Catoggio, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ¹⁰Rheumatology, Hospital Municipal Dr. Leónidas Lucero, Bahia Blanca, Argentina, ¹¹Hospital Municipal de agudos Dr. Leonidas Lucero, Bahía Blanca, Argentina, ¹²Hospital Municipal Dr. Leónidas Lucero, Bahia Blanca, Argentina, ¹³Servicio de Reumatología del Hospital Nacional de Clínicas, Córdoba., Cordoba, Argentina, ¹⁴Hospital Rebagliati, Jesús María, Peru, ¹⁵Organizacion Médica de Investigación, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ¹⁶Medicarte IPS, Medellín, Colombia, ¹⁷IMSS HES 25, Monterrey, Mexico, ¹⁸Hospital Privado Centro Médico de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina, ¹⁹Consultorios Moreno, Formosa, Argentina, ²⁰Hospital José María Cullen, Santa Fe, Argentina, ²¹Hospital Durand, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ²²PSORIAHUE, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ²³Hospital Marcial Quiroga, San Juan, Argentina, ²⁴Hospital Italiano de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina, ²⁵Hospital Rossi, La Plata, Argentina, ²⁶Instituto Reumatológico Strusberg, Córdoba, Argentina, ²⁷Servicio de Reumatología del Hospital Nacional de Clínicas, Córdoba, Argentina, ²⁸Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitation, Mexico, Mexico, ²⁹Consultorio Privado, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ³⁰Hospital Provincial, Rosario, Argentina, ³¹Hospital Dr. E. Tornu, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ³²Hospital Dr. E. Tornú, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ³³Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación, Mexico, Mexico, ³⁴Hospital Pablo Soria, San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentina, ³⁵Hospital Nacional Arzobispo Loayza, Lima, Peru, ³⁶Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, ³⁷Instituto Nacional de Reumatologia, Montevideo, Uruguay, ³⁸Hospital da Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas., Campinas, Brazil, ³⁹Instituto Autónomo Hospital Universitario de Los Andes, Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela, ⁴⁰Rhode Island Hospital, The Warren Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University, Providence, RI, ⁴¹Reumatología Diagnóstica Especializada, Santa Cruz de la Sie, Bolivia, ⁴²Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ⁴³Instituto de Cardiologia, Santiago del Estero, Argentina, ⁴⁴Hospital Anita Elicagaray, Adolfo Gonzales Chaves, Argentina, ⁴⁵Centro Clínico La Isabelica, Carabobo, Venezuela
Background/Purpose: Ultrasonography (US) is an important tool in rheumatology practice. However, it highly depends on sonographer's experience. The objective of our study was to evaluate…
Abstract Number: 139 • 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Reliability of Ultrasound in Detecting Cartilage Change in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Study By Omeract Ultrasound Task Force
Peter Mandl¹, Emilio Filippucci², Farideh Alasti¹, Artur Bachta³, Marina Backhaus⁴, David Bong⁵, George A. W. Bruyn⁶, Paz Collado⁷, Nemanja Damjanov⁸, Christian Dejaco⁹, Andrea Delle Sedie¹⁰, Christina Duftner¹¹, Marwin Gutierrez¹², Hilde B. Hammer¹³, Cristina Hernandez-Diaz¹⁴, Annamaria Iagnocco¹⁵, Kei Ikeda¹⁶, David Kane¹⁷, Helen I. Keen¹⁸, Stephen Kelly¹⁹, Eszter Kővári²⁰, Eugenio De Miguel²¹, Ingrid Möller²², Uffe Møller Døhn²³, Esperanza Naredo²⁴, Juan Carlos Nieto²⁵, Carlos Pineda²⁶, Ana Rodriguez²⁷, Wolfgang A. Schmidt²⁸, Marcin Szkudlarek²⁹, Ralf G. Thiele³⁰, Lene Terslev³¹, Richard J. Wakefield³², Daniel Windschall³³, Maria Antonietta D'Agostino³⁴ and Peter Balint³⁵, ¹Department of Internal Medicine III; Division of Rheumatology, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria, ²Università Politecnica delle Marche, Jesi, Italy, ³Military Medical Institute, Warsaw, Poland, ⁴Rheumatology, Park-Klinik Weissensee, Berlin, Germany, ⁵Rheumatology, Instituto Poal de Reumatologia, Barcelona, Spain, ⁶Rheumatology, MC Groep, Loenga, Netherlands, ⁷Rheumatology, Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Hospital Universitario Severo Ochoa, Madrid, Spain, ⁸Institute of Rheumatology, University of Belgrade Medical School, Belgrade, Serbia, ⁹Rheumatology and Immunology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria, ¹⁰Department Rheumatology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, ¹¹Medical University Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria, ¹²Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación, Mexico, Mexico, ¹³Dept. of Rheumtology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ¹⁴Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación, Mexico City, Mexico, ¹⁵Sapienza Università Di Roma,, Roma, Italy, ¹⁶Chiba University Hospital, Chiba, Japan, ¹⁷Rheumatology, Adelaide, Meath hospital Dublin (incorporating the National Children's hospital), Dublin 24, Ireland, ¹⁸School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia, ¹⁹18Mile End Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom, ²⁰III Department of Rheumatology, National Institute of Rheumatology and Physiotherapy, Budapest, Hungary, ²¹Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ²²Instituto Poal de Reumatologia, Barcelona, Spain, ²³Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE), Glostrup, Denmark, ²⁴Rheumatology, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón and Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain, ²⁵Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón and Complutense University, Madrid, Spain, ²⁶Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitation, Mexico, Mexico, ²⁷Rheumatology, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain, ²⁸Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Med Ctr for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch, Berlin, Germany, ²⁹Copenhagen University Hospital at Køge, Køge, Denmark, ³⁰Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, ³¹Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE), Copenhagen, Denmark, ³²University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ³³Pediatric Clinic, Asklepios Hospital Weissenfels, Weissenfels, Germany, ³⁴Rheumatology, Versailles-Saint Quentin en Yvelines University, Boulogne-Billancourt, France, ³⁵Rheumatology, National Institute of Rheumatology and Physiotherapy, Budapest, Hungary
Background/Purpose: The assessment of cartilage and bone damage in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has traditionally relied on radiographical analyses in which joint space loss served as…
Abstract Number: 436 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Ultrasonographic Disease Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Who Are in Clinical Remission According to Different Remission Criteria: Should We Insist on Achieving Boolean Remission?
Gulsen Ozen¹, Ali Ugur Unal¹, Atakan Topcu², Pamir Atagunduz¹, Haner Direskeneli¹ and Nevsun Inanc¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ²Department of Internal Medicine, Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
Background/Purpose: At the present time remission is the target for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Various composite indices are available that can be used to…
Abstract Number: 604 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Calprotectin and TNF Antagonist Serum Trough Levels Identify Active Ultrasound Synovitis in Rheumatoid Arhritis and Psoriatic Arthritis Patients in Remission or Low Disease Activity
Jose Inciarte-Mundo¹, Julio Ramírez¹, Virginia Ruiz-Esquide¹, M. Victoria Hernández¹, Oscar Camacho¹, Sonia Cabrera-Villalba¹, Andrea Cuervo¹, Mariona Pascal², Jordi Yagüe², Juan D. Cañete¹ and Raimon Sanmarti¹, ¹Rheumatology Department, Hospital Clinic i Provincial, Barcelona, Spain, ²Immunology Department, Hospital Clinic i Provincial, Barcelona, Spain
Background/Purpose: An accurate assessment of disease activity is needed in Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) patients in remission or low disease activity for…
Abstract Number: 926 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Development of an Ultrasound Joint Inflammation Score for Rheumatoid Arthritis through a Data-Driven Approach
Anna-Birgitte Aga¹, Elisabeth Lie², Inge C Olsen², Hilde Berner Hammer³, Till Uhlig⁴, Désirée van der Heijde^5,6, Tore K. Kvien², Espen A. Haavardsholm² and the ARCTIC study group, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ²Dept. of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ³Postboks 23 Vinderen, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁴Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁶Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway
Background/Purpose: No consensus exists regarding which joints and tendons should be systematically assessed by ultrasonography (US) to assess inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Validity and…
Abstract Number: 929 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Diurnal Variation of Power Doppler in Metacarpophalangeal Joints of Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Marwin Gutierrez¹, Emeline Minichiello², Alarico Ariani¹, Salima Challal², Emilio Filippucci¹, Marie-Christophe Boissier^2,3,4, Walter Grassi¹ and Luca Semerano^2,3,4, ¹Clinica Reumatologica, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Jesi, Italy, ²Service de Rhumatologie, Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) Groupe hospitalier Avicenne - Jean Verdier – René Muret, Bobigny, France, ³Inserm UMR 1125, Bobigny, France, ⁴Sorbonne Paris Cité - Université Paris 13, Bobigny, France
Background/Purpose: In a preliminary study on 10 patients with active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) we showed for the first time that Power Doppler ultrasonography (PDUS) signal…
Abstract Number: 1319 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Computer Tomography and Ultrasonography for Assessing Remission in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Charline Rinkin¹, Pacôme Fosse², Nathalie Chapelier¹, Laurence Seidel³, Adelin Albert³, Roland Hustinx⁴ and Michel Malaise¹, ¹Rheumatology Department, CHU of Liège, Liège, Belgium, ²Nuclear Medicine Department, CHU of Angers, Angers, France, ³Biostatistic Department, CHU of Liège, Liège, Belgium, ⁴Nuclear Medicine Department, CHU of Liège, Liège, Belgium
Background/Purpose: The disease activity score based on 28 joints (DAS-28) might not be sufficient to assess remission in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Several studies have shown…
Abstract Number: 1505 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Carotid Artery Atherosclerosis in Patients with Active Rheumatoid Arthritis: Predictors of Plaque Occurrence and Progression over 24 Weeks
Tatiana Nevskaya¹, Janet E. Pope², Lillian Barra³ and Grace Parraga⁴, ¹Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, ²University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, ³Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, ON, Canada, ⁴University of Western Ontario, Robarts Research Institute, London, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: This study evaluated the prevalence and progression of subclinical carotid artery atherosclerosis in active rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods: Carotid arteries of RA patients were scanned…

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