Inflammation constitutes a complex, highly conserved cascade of molecular and cellular
events. Inflammation has been labeled as “the fire within,” is highly regulated, and is critical …

Autoimmune rheumatic diseases (AIRDs) constitute a set of connective tissue disorders and
dysfunctions with akin clinical manifestations and autoantibody responses. AIRD treatment …

Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is an inflammatory rheumatic disorder, associated with skin and/or
nail psoriasis. It has been included in the spondyloarthropathies (SpA) group, with which it …

Abstract The American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) Task
Force on Practice Guidelines has recently released the new cholesterol treatment guideline …

Rheumatoid arthritis is a world leading cause of musculoskeletal disease. With the
introduction of biological agents as treatment alternatives the clinical possibilities have …

Chronic inflammation represents the cornerstone of the raised cardiovascular (CV) risk in
patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases (IRD), including vasculitis. Standardized …

Introduction: Many chronic rheumatic diseases have an inflammatory etiology, leading to
accelerated atherosclerosis and increased occurrence of vascular diseases. In rheumatoid …

Background: Cardiovascular abnormalities are common in patients with rheumatologic
disorders. Tachy-arrhythmias occur more frequently in these patients than the general …

Background: Patients with inflammatory arthropathies exhibit an increased cardiovascular
disease (CVD) risk as compared to the general population, which is not fully quantified by …

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the number one cause of death worldwide. Women
are at increased risk of death from CVD, but the mechanisms for how and why this occurs …