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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1985-3-26
pubmed:abstractText
The chest radiographs of 309 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were compared with those of 309 controls matched for sex and age. Cardiac enlargement was more frequent in RA females than in controls (P less than 0.05) and the frequency of aortic shadow enlargement was higher in RA patients aged greater than or equal to 60 years than in controls (P less than 0.05). Both cardiac and aortic enlargement was significantly related to several parameters of the severity and the activity of RA, corticosteroid therapy, and elevated blood pressure. A high mortality was present in patients with aortic enlargement and in patients with ECG signs of myocardial ischaemia.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0172-8172
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
5
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
15-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1984
pubmed:articleTitle
Prevalence of cardiac and aortic enlargement in rheumatoid arthritis and its relationship to some characteristics of the patients. A radiological and clinical study.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article