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Recent-onset of rheumatoid arthritis leads to increase in wall thickness of left anterior descending coronary artery: An evidence of subclinical coronary artery disease

OBJECTIVES: To explore the atherosclerotic changes of the left anterior descending coronary artery (LADCA) in patients with early onset of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS: Transthoracic echocardiographic scans were performed on 15 early RA patients and 20 control subjects, free of rheumatological...

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Autores principales: Hannawi, Suad, Hannawi, Haifa, Alokaily, Fahda, Naredo, Esperanza, Moller, Ingrid, Salmi, Issa Al
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Saudi Medical Journal 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6344651/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30520503
http://dx.doi.org/10.15537/smj.2018.12.23185