Subclinical atherosclerosis is not increased in patients with non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis

Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2016 Jan-Feb;34(1):159-60. Epub 2016 Jan 8.

Affiliations

¹ Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Cantabria, Spain.
² Division of Epidemiology and Computational Biology, School of Medicine, University of Cantabria, Santander, and CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Spain.
³ Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Comarcal, Laredo, Cantabria, Spain.
⁴ Division of Cardiology, Hospital Lucus Augusti, Lugo, Spain.
⁵ Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Cantabria, Spain. miguelaggay@hotmail.com.

PMID: 26743015

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Asymptomatic Diseases
Carotid Arteries / diagnostic imaging
Carotid Artery Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Carotid Artery Diseases / etiology*
Carotid Intima-Media Thickness
Case-Control Studies
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Plaque, Atherosclerotic
Predictive Value of Tests
Risk Factors
Spondylarthritis / complications*
Spondylarthritis / diagnosis