High-sensitivity cardiac troponin I is a biomarker for occult coronary plaque burden and cardiovascular events in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
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DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/key057
Abstract: Objectives Patients with RA display greater occult coronary atherosclerosis burden and experience higher cardiovascular morbidity and mortality compared with controls. We here explored whether pro-inflammatory cytokines and high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I (hs-cTnI), a biomarker of… read more here.
Keywords: occult coronary; risk; plaque burden; burden ... See more keywords