Prevalence and Determinants of Peripheral Microvascular Endothelial Dysfunction in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study
Autor: | Gian Luca Erre, Matteo Piga, Anna Laura Fedele, Silvia Mura, Alessandra Piras, Maria Luisa Cadoni, Ignazio Cangemi, Martina Dessi, Gabriele Di Sante, Barbara Tolusso, Elisa Gremese, Alberto Cauli, Arduino Aleksander Mangoni, Pier Sergio Saba, Ciriaco Carru, Gianfranco Ferraccioli, Alessandro Mathieu, Giuseppe Passiu |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Zdroj: | Mediators of Inflammation, Vol 2018 (2018) |
Druh dokumentu: | article |
ISSN: | 0962-9351 1466-1861 |
DOI: | 10.1155/2018/6548715 |
Popis: | Objectives. To define the prevalence and determinants of peripheral microvascular endothelial dysfunction (ED) in a large series of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients free of previous cardiovascular events. Materials and Methods. Data from 874 RA patients enrolled in the EDRA study (Endothelial Dysfunction Evaluation for Coronary Heart Disease Risk Estimation in Rheumatoid Arthritis—ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02341066) were analyzed. Log-transformed reactive hyperemia index (Ln-RHI) was evaluated by peripheral arterial tonometry (PAT) using the EndoPAT2000 device: values of Ln-RHI |
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