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Cardiovascular disease risk calculators to reflect the subclinical atherosclerosis of coronary artery in rheumatoid arthritis: a pilot study

BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of death in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Coronary artery calcium (CAC) score quantifies the severity of atherosclerosis. We estimated CVD risk using several methods and compared these with the CAC score to identify the most...

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Autores principales: Kim, Se Hee, Lee, Sang-Heon, Kim, Hae-Rim, Min, Hong Ki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8404264/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34455977
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41927-021-00213-3