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Echocardiographic and Doppler findings in long-term treated rheumatoid arthritis patients without clinically evident cardiovascular disease.
Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism - 1 Feb 2004
Gonzalez-Juanatey Carlos, Testa Ana, Garcia-Castelo Alberto, Garcia-Porrua Carlos, Llorca Javier, Ollier William E R, Gonzalez-Gay Miguel A
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OBJECTIVE: To assess the frequency of echocardiographic and Doppler abnormalities in long-term treated rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients without clinically evident cardiovascular manifestations. METHODS: Forty-seven patients with RA were recruited from Hospital Xeral-Calde, Lugo, Spain. Patients were required to have been treated for at least 5 years and to be on treatment with 1 or more disease-modifying...
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