Abstract:ObjectivesTo study whether patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) have an increased cardiovascular risk (CVR), measured on the basis of analytical, angiodinamic and/or vascular lesions on carotid ultrasound.The carotid IMT is a marker of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, allowing measurement and monitoring of atherosclerosis in asymptomatic individuals, being surrogate markers of future coronary disease, stroke and general death in the general population and in inflammatory rheumatologic diseases.Methods… Show more
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