Rheumatoid joint pain is an on-going incendiary infection with articular and extra articular signs. In rheumatoid arthritis increased mortality is observed due to cardiovascular diseases due to accelerated atherosclerotic process. CIMT can be used as a biomarker to evaluate subclinical atherosclerosis. This systematic study aims at correlating the coronary artery intimo medial thickness in rheumatoid joint pain patients to evaluate the seriousness of atherosclerosis in same patients. A prospective single-center study was conducted with a study group of 12 patients with RA and 12 stable, age and sex-matched controls. After applying inclusion and exclusion criteria and separating the patients into three gatherings dependent on term of the illness, the USG directed CIMT thickness was calculated and the findings were compared between different groups. There was a clear association between the duration of rheumatoid arthritis and intimo medial carotid artery thickness. There was no substantial association between disease occurrence and CIMT in cases of rheumatoid arthritis. An increase in CIMT should be promptly taken into consideration and appropriate preventive therapies on instituting can prevent and decrease the incidence of cardiovascular and cerebral events in rheumatoid arthritis.
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