Rheumatoid arthritis: a review of the cutaneous manifestations

A Sayah, JC English III - Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 2005 - Elsevier
Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory arthritis with significant extra-articular
manifestations. Of note are unique cutaneous manifestations that the dermatologist may
encounter. This article will make the dermatologist more cognizant of these skin findings in
patients with this systemic inflammatory disorder. It examines rheumatoid arthritis, focusing
on the general nonspecific and disease-specific rheumatoid arthritic skin changes. Classic
rheumatoid nodules, accelerated rheumatoid nodulosis, rheumatoid nodulosis, rheumatoid …

Rheumatoid arthritis and macrovascular disease

JK Alkaabi, M Ho, R Levison, T Pullar… - Rheumatology, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Objective. To measure the extent of subclinical atherosclerosis in patients with rheumatoid
arthritis (RA) compared with controls, and to evaluate any potential vascular risk factors.
Methods. Forty RA patients were compared with an age‐and sex‐matched control group.
Non‐invasive vascular tests, ie carotid duplex scanning [measuring common carotid artery
intima–media thickness (IMT)], ankle–brachial blood pressure index (ABPI) and QT
dispersion on ECG (QTD), were performed. Traditional risk factors such as high blood …