Association of vascular function and estimated cardiovascular risk in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Abstract Objectives: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients should receive cardiovascular (CV) risk assessment. For this purpose CV risk calculators are available. In addition, parameters of vascular function can be measured and used for risk prediction. Aim of the present study was to assess the assoc...

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Main Authors: Herwig Pieringer, Erich Pohanka, Rudolf Puchner, Tobias Brummaier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Reumatologia
Series:Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0482-50042017000500452&lng=en&tlng=en