First cardiovascular MRI study in individuals at risk of rheumatoid arthritis detects abnormal aortic stiffness suggesting an anti-citrullinated peptide antibody-mediated role for accelerated atherosclerosis

Ann Rheum Dis. 2019 Aug;78(8):1138-1140. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2018-214975. Epub 2019 Mar 9.
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Keywords: ant-CCP; atherosclerosis; cardiovascular disease; magnetic resonance imaging; rheumatoid arthritis.

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Arthritis, Rheumatoid / diagnosis
  • Arthritis, Rheumatoid / epidemiology
  • Arthritis, Rheumatoid / immunology*
  • Atherosclerosis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Atherosclerosis / epidemiology
  • Atherosclerosis / immunology
  • Autoantibodies / analysis
  • Autoantibodies / immunology
  • Cardiovascular Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Cardiovascular Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Cardiovascular Diseases / pathology
  • Cohort Studies
  • Disease Progression
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine / methods
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Peptides, Cyclic / immunology*
  • Peptides, Cyclic / metabolism
  • Prevalence
  • Prognosis
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Risk Assessment
  • Role
  • Vascular Stiffness / immunology*
  • Vascular Stiffness / physiology

Substances

  • Autoantibodies
  • Peptides, Cyclic