Clinical profile and outcome of patients with rheumatoid arthritis and abnormally high aortic stiffness

Conclusions
Increased AoSI is common, can be predicted by an ordinary clinical assessment and is a strong predictor of adverse clinical outcome at mid-term follow-up in patients with RA.

Source: European Journal of Preventive Cardiology - October 27, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Cioffi, G., Viapiana, O., Ognibeni, F., Dalbeni, A., Orsolini, G., Adami, S., Gatti, D., Fisicaro, M., Tarantini, L., Rossini, M. Tags: Original scientific papers Source Type: research