Journal article
Rheumatic Disease and Carotid Intima-Media Thickness
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To perform a systematic review and meta-analysis to examine whether rheumatic disease is associated with an increased carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT; increasingly used as a surrogate marker for atherosclerosis) when compared with healthy control subjects.
METHODS AND RESULTS: A prespecified search strategy was used to identify relevant studies in the MEDLINE and EMBASE databases (January 1, 1986 to December 31, 2008). …
Authors
Tyrrell PN; Beyene J; Feldman BM; McCrindle BW; Silverman ED; Bradley TJ
Journal
Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, Vol. 30, No. 5, pp. 1014–1026
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
May 2010
DOI
10.1161/atvbaha.109.198424
ISSN
1079-5642