Cardiovascular disease due to accelerated atherosclerosis in systemic vasculitides

• Published in: Best practice & research. Clinical rheumatology Vol. 27; no. 1; pp. 33 - 44
• Main Author: Cohen Tervaert, Jan Willem
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 01.02.2013
• Subjects: Acetylsalicylic acid; ANCA; Atherosclerosis; Atherosclerosis - complications; Atherosclerosis - physiopathology; Cardiovascular Diseases - etiology; Cardiovascular Diseases - mortality; Humans; Kawasaki disease; Myeloperoxidas; Proteinase 3; Rheumatology; Statins; Systemic Vasculitis - complications; Systemic Vasculitis - physiopathology; Takayasu arteritis; Vasculitis; Vasculitis; Kawasaki disease; ANCA; Myeloperoxidas; Atherosclerosis; Takayasu arteritis; Acetylsalicylic acid; Statins; Proteinase 3

Patients with different forms of systemic vasculitis experience long-term morbidity and mortality caused by cardiovascular disease due to premature atherosclerosis. Epidemiologic reports of patients with GCA suggest that long-term mortality in this disease is not increased compared with the general...