Burden of Atherosclerotic Disease Risk Factors in Patients With and Without Rheumatologic Disease: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Am J Cardiol. 2024 Nov 1:230:37-40. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2024.08.017. Epub 2024 Aug 30.

Authors

Helene DiGregorio¹, Eleonora Avenatti², Rakesh Gullapelli³, Kenneth Williams⁴, Elia El Hajj⁴, Charles Foster⁵, Siddharth Das⁴, Izza Shahid³, Aayush Shah², Juan Nicolas³, Budhaditya Bose³, Kobina Hagan³, Shubham Lahan³, Nwabunie Nwana³, Sara Butt³, Zulqarnain Javed³, Lily Romero Karam⁶, Kanika Monga⁶, Myriam Guevara⁶, Brittany Weber⁷, Kershaw Patel², Sadeer G Al-Kindi², Khurram Nasir²

Affiliations

¹ Departments of Internal Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas. Electronic address: hrdigregorio@Houstonmethodist.org.
² Department of Cardiology, DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center, Houston, Texas.
³ Houston Methodist Research Institute-Center for Cardiovascular Computational and Precision Health, Houston, Texas.
⁴ Departments of Internal Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas.
⁵ Texas A&M University School of Engineering in Medicine, Houston, Texas.
⁶ Departments of Internal Medicine-Rheumatology, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas.
⁷ Department of Cardiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.

PMID: 39218055
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2024.08.017

No abstract available

Keywords: ASCVD risk factors; atherosclerotic risk factors; autoimmune disease; cardio-rheumatology; inflammation and ASCVD risk factors.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Atherosclerosis* / epidemiology
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Retrospective Studies
Rheumatic Diseases* / complications
Rheumatic Diseases* / epidemiology
Risk Factors