Chronic inflammatory diseases are associated with accelerated atherosclerosis and
increased risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVD). As the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis is …

RA is known to be associated with an increased risk of serious infection. Even more than 50
years ago, observational studies showed a greater than 2-fold increased risk of serious …

Objective: The San Antonio Lupus Study of Neuropsychiatric Disease is a longitudinal study
designed to characterize the spectrum of and important risk factors for specific …

Clinical and laboratory manifestations and outcome of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
may vary in different populations. A prospective multinational inception cohort should prove …

Abstract purpose: To estimate the frequency of and examine risk factors for coronary artery
disease (CAD) in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in a prospective …

Atherosclerosis is a pathologic process affecting blood vessels, which leads to the
development of cardiovascular disease. The immune system is involved in atherogenesis …

PURPOSE: We studied survival rate, prognostic factors, and causes of death in patients with
systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), particularly focusing on the influence of disease …

SLE affects most aspects of cardiac function, and recent studies have reported increasing
cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Pathologically, SLE is characterized by a pancarditis …

Five hundred seventy lupus erythematosus patients observed in a private practice between
1980 and 1989 were surveyed. Fifty-five percent were diagnosed after 1980. Five hundred …

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), a connective tissue disease characterized by the
production of autoantibodies, can affect all organ systems. Cardiac involvement in patients …