Do patients with rheumatoid arthritis have aorta stiffer than general population?

• Principais autores: Petar Avramovski (Autor), Maja Avramovska (Autor), Marija Arsovska − Nalbanti (Autor), Pece Nikolovski (Autor), Emilija Sikole (Autor)
• Formato: Livro
• Publicado em: SpringerOpen, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Assuntos: article
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Objective The aim of this study was to compare the aortic stiffness in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with the aortic stiffness in general population (GP) and to evaluate the determinants of their stiffness. Patients and methods The study group consisted of 80 patients with RA and 71 matche...