BACKGROUND: Large-scale, placebo-controlled trials established that nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs confer a cardiovascular hazard: this has been attributed to depression of cardioprotective products of cyclooxygenase (COX)-2, especially prostacyclin. An alternative mechanis...
BACKGROUND: Large-scale, placebo-controlled trials established that nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs confer a cardiovascular hazard: this has been attributed to depression of cardioprotective products of cyclooxygenase (COX)-2, especially prostacyclin. An alternative mechanis...
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are systemic autoimmune diseases associated with increased cardiovascular risk and metabolic alterations. We applied 1H-NMR spectroscopy to profile lipoproteins and metabolites in women with RA, SLE, and healthy controls. Both RA an...