Objective—To perform a systematic review and meta-analysis to examine whether
rheumatic disease is associated with an increased carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT; …

Objectives To determine the causes and predictors of mortality in systemic sclerosis (SSc).
Methods Patients with SSc (n= 5860) fulfilling the American College of Rheumatology …

The inflammatory pathogenesis of atherosclerosis is now well-established, owing to in vitro
and in vivo studies and the application of high sensitivity assays for C-reactive protein (CRP) …

Introduction The risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and atherosclerosis is reported to be
increased in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). We recently reported a negative …

BACKGROUND: There is strong evidence that antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL) perturb
endothelium both in vitro and in experimental animal models. by inducing a vasculopathy …

The high rates of cardiovascular (CV) mortality and morbidity observed in patients with
systemic autoimmune diseases (SADs) cannot be fully explained by traditional …

Objective. Primary Sjögren's syndrome (SS) shares clinical and serologic features with
rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus, 2 diseases characterized by …

Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disease started by endothelial injury and defined
by arterial wall load with free and esterified cholesterol, followed by subintimal focal …

Oxidized low-density lipoprotein (oxLDL)/β2-glycoprotein I (β2GPI) complexes have been
implicated in atherogenesis. oxLDL/β2GPI complexes were measured in 339 patients with …

Rheumatoid arthritis is a systemic disease characterized by a reduced life expectancy
mainly due to cardiovascular disease. In long-standing disease, it has been widely …