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Subclinical parameters of arterial stiffness and arteriosclerosis correlate with QRISK3 in systemic lupus erythematosus

Mónica Vázquez-Del Mercado, Felipe Pérez-Vázquez, Eduardo Gómez-Bañuelos, Efrain Chavarría-Ávila, Arcelia Llamas-García, Karla I. Arrona-Rios, G. Diaz-Rubio, Sergio Duran-Barragán, Rosa Elena Navarro-Hernández, Bethel P. Jordán-Estrada,

PLoS ONE · 2018 · 20 citations · 21 references

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Abstract

We encourage to the rheumatology community to assess cardiovascular risk in SLE patients with QRISK 3-2017 risk calculator as an alternative method at the outpatient clinic along a complete cardiovascular evaluation when appropriate.

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