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F D'onofrio

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THU0164 Subclinical atherosclerosis and cardiovascular events in italian patients with rheumatoid arthritis: results from multicenter girrcs (gruppo …

2017

Background Several studies showed a close relationship between Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) and accelerated atherosclerosis [1,2]. At the best of our knowledge, no such study has been carried out in a large Italian series. Objectives To investigate the prevalence of presence of subclinical atherosclerosis and history of cardio-cerebrovascular events (CVEs), in 1266 patients consecutively admitted to Rheumatology Units throughout the whole Italy. Methods From 01/01/2015 to 31/12/2015, 1266 consecutive patients admitted to GIRRCS centres, satisfying ACR/EULAR criteria for RA were investigated for: i. traditional cardiovascular risk factors: gender, age, smoking habit, cholesterol, triglycerides,…

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Subclinical atherosclerosis and history of cardiovascular events in Italian patients with rheumatoid arthritis: Results from a cross-sectional, multi…

2017

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