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Cardiovascular MRI evidence of reduced systolic function and reduced LV mass in rheumatoid arthritis: impact of disease phenotype.
The international journal of cardiovascular imaging - 1 Mar 2020
Bissell L A, Erhayiem B, Hensor E M A, Fent G, Burska A, McDiarmid A K, Swoboda P P, Donica H, Plein S, Buch M H, Greenwood J P, Andrews J
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The accelerated risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) requires further study of the underlying pathophysiology and determination of the at-risk RA phenotype. Our objectives were to describe the cardiac structure and function and arterial stiffness, and association with disease phenotype in patients with established) RA, in comparison to healthy controls, as measured by cardiovascular...
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