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Change of the aortic elasticity in rheumatoid arthritis: Relationship to associated cardiovascular risk factors
INTRODUCTION: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, systemic, inflammatory disease, which is associated with an excess of cardiovascular events. A decrease in the compliance of the arterial system, termed arterial stiffness, results in increased cardiac workload. Primary prevention of cardiovascul...
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Medknow Publications
2010
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2982197/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21187863 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0975-3583.70901 |