Chronic inflammatory diseases are associated with accelerated atherosclerosis and
increased risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVD). As the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis is …

Patients with Chronic Inflammatory Rheumatic diseases (CIRD) are at increased risk of
cardiovascular disease (CVD), ascribed not only to classical risk factors, but also to the …

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is markedly increased in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
partly due to accelerated atherosclerosis from chronic inflammation. Traditional …

Background Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is known to increase the risk of cardiovascular (CV)
disease. However, the individual impact of traditional CV risk factors in RA is unknown …

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), especially active disease, is associated with considerable
changes in body composition, lipids, adipokines and insulin sensitivity. Metabolic changes …

Endothelial dysfunction, the shift from a healthy endothelium to a damaged pro-coagulative,
pro-inflammatory, and pro-vasoconstrictive phenotype, is an early event in many chronic …

We performed a systematic review with meta-analysis and meta-regression of literature
studies evaluating the impact of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) on common carotid artery intima …

Rheumatic autoimmune diseases have been associated with accelerated atherosclerosis
and various types of vasculopathies. Atherosclerosis is an inflammatory condition which …

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

Rheumatoid arthritis, as well as other types of arthritides and connective tissue diseases, is
associated with accelerated atherosclerosis, and increased cardiovascular morbidity and …