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Rosuvastatin improves endothelial function in patients with inflammatory joint diseases, longitudinal associations with atherosclerosis and arteriosclerosis: results from the RORA-AS statin intervention study

INTRODUCTION: Endothelial dysfunction is an early step in the atherosclerotic process and can be quantified by flow-mediated vasodilation (FMD). Our aim was to investigate the effect of long-term rosuvastatin therapy on endothelial function in patients with inflammatory joint diseases (IJD) with est...

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Autores principales: Ikdahl, Eirik, Hisdal, Jonny, Rollefstad, Silvia, Olsen, Inge C., Kvien, Tore K., Pedersen, Terje R., Semb, Anne Grete
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4597440/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26445924
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13075-015-0795-y