PMID- 16514820
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20060323
LR  - 20161124
IS  - 0040-3660 (Print)
IS  - 0040-3660 (Linking)
VI  - 77
IP  - 12
DP  - 2005
TI  - [Systemic manifestations of rheumatoid arthritis, echostructural changes in 
      brachiocephalic arteries].
PG  - 49-53
AB  - AIM: To define echostructural and hemodynamic features of vascular lesions in 
      rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with systemic manifestations. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Of 
      125 patients included in the study 70 had RA. They were compared to 40 patients 
      with deforming osteoarthritis (DOA) and 15 patients with atherosclerosis of major 
      cerebral arteries. Extra-articular systemic manifestations were diagnosed in 18 
      RA (25.7%) patients. Carotid, vertebral arteries and cerebral circulation were 
      studied with ultrasonic duplex scanning on the unit "Vingmed system 5, Norway, 
      2002". RESULTS: The study group exhibited a significant reduction of linear 
      perfusion velocity (LPV) with increased vascular resistance indexes in the 
      carotids and vertebral arteries on the right and left. It was more evident in RA 
      patients with systemic manifestations. Scanning carotids in RA with SM patients 
      and RA patients without extra-articular manifestations showed differences 
      suggesting that thickness of intima-media complex was larger when systemic 
      manifestations were present. CONCLUSION: The revealed changes in circulation may 
      indicate the systemic process.
FAU - Shilkina, N P
AU  - Shilkina NP
FAU - Churakov, O Iu
AU  - Churakov OIu
LA  - rus
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Russia (Federation)
TA  - Ter Arkh
JT  - Terapevticheskii arkhiv
JID - 2984818R
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Arthritis, Rheumatoid/diagnostic imaging/*physiopathology
MH  - Blood Flow Velocity/physiology
MH  - Brachiocephalic Trunk/*diagnostic imaging/physiopathology
MH  - Carotid Artery, Internal/diagnostic imaging/physiopathology
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Prognosis
MH  - Severity of Illness Index
MH  - *Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex
MH  - Vascular Resistance/physiology
MH  - Vertebral Artery/diagnostic imaging/physiopathology
EDAT- 2006/03/07 09:00
MHDA- 2006/03/24 09:00
CRDT- 2006/03/07 09:00
PHST- 2006/03/07 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2006/03/24 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2006/03/07 09:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Ter Arkh. 2005;77(12):49-53.