Assessment of cardiac involvements in rheumatoid arthritis using a cardiac magnetic resonance approach
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- rheumatoid arthritis
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000012647
- Lead Sponsor
- Itabashi Chuo Medical Center
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 40
Inclusion Criteria
Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
Participants were excluded if they had prior self-reported, physician-diagnosed cardiovascular events or procedures, such as myocardial infarction, angioplasty, and congestive heart failure. Additional exclusions were diabetes (HbA1c>6.1), hypertension ((systolic blood pressure (BP) >140 mm Hg and/or diastolic BP>90 mm Hg), and dyslipidemia (LDL cholesterol levels are greater than 140 mg/dL, an HDL cholesterol level<40 mg/dL, or a triglyceride level>150 mg/dL).
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method We explored the associations of cardiac MRI abnormalities with RA disease activity and severity measures.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To detect the influence of Biologics in cardiac function