Assessment of cardiac involvements in rheumatoid arthritis using a cardiac magnetic resonance approach: multicenter prospective study
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- rheumatoid arthritis(RA)
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000030703
- Lead Sponsor
- ihon University School of Medicine
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow-up continuing
- Sex
- All
- 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 CHF. 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 >140 mg/dL, an HDL cholesterol level<40 mg/dL, or a triglyceride level>150 mg/dL).History of bronchoconstriction, contraindication to MRI, hypersensivity to gadolinium were absent in all subjects, and others in which the physician deemed inappropriate to enter the study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method