Letter: Brain natriuretic peptide is a potentially useful screening tool for the detection of cardiovascular disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
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2006
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Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have a significantly higher risk of coronary heart disease, despite being less likely to report symptoms of angina, and are more likely to experience unrecognised myocardial infarction and sudden cardiac death than non-RA controls.1 Furthermore, left ventricular diastolic dysfunction has been described in up to 40% of patients with RA.2... |
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BMJ Publishing Group |
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DOI:10.1136/ard.2005.040634 Harney, S. M. J., Timperley, J., Daly, C., Harin, A., James, T., Brown, M A, Banning, A. P., Fox, K., Donnelly, S., & Wordsworth, B. P. (2006) Letter: Brain natriuretic peptide is a potentially useful screening tool for the detection of cardiovascular disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 65(1), p. 136. |
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School of Biomedical Sciences; Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation |
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Journal Article |