The Temporal Relationship between Arterial Stiffening and Blood Pressure Is Modified by Methotrexate Treatment in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Background: The temporal relationship between arterial stiffness and blood pressure (BP) may vary depending on age and other clinical and demographic factors. Since both BP and arterial stiffness are also affected by inflammatory processes, we examined the temporal arterial stiffness-BP relationship...

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Main Authors: Richard J. Woodman, Leena R. Baghdadi, Michael E. Shanahan, Arduino A. Mangoni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphys.2017.00593/full