Associations between coronary and carotid artery atherosclerosis in patients with inflammatory joint diseases.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Low association between cardiac symptoms and coronary artery disease (CAD) in patients with inflammatory joint diseases (IJD) demands for objective markers to improve cardiovascular risk stratification. Our main aim was to evaluate the prevalence and characteristics of CAD in patients with IJD with carotid artery plaques. Furthermore, we aimed to assess associations of carotid ultrasonographic findings and coronary plaques.

Methods

Eighty-six patients (61% female) with IJD (55 with rheumatoid arthritis, 21 with ankylosing spondylitis and 10 with psoriatic arthritis) and carotid artery plaque were referred to coronary CT angiography (CCTA). CAD was evaluated using the modified 17-segment American Heart Association model. Calcium score, plaque composition, segment in

SUBMITTER: Svanteson M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5604717 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature