First cardiovascular MRI study in individuals at risk of rheumatoid arthritis detects abnormal aortic stiffness suggesting an anti-citrullinated peptide antibody-mediated role for accelerated atherosclerosis

Graham Fent¹, Kulveer Mankia^{2

3}, Bara Erhayiem¹, Laura Hunt^{2

3}, Jacqueline Leong Nam^{2

3}, Lesley-Anne Bissell³, James Rj Foley¹, Pei G Chew¹, Louise E Brown¹, John P Greenwood¹, Paul Emery^{2

3}, Sven Plein¹, Maya H Buch^{4

3}

Affiliations

¹ Multidisciplinary Cardiovascular Research Centre (MCRC) & Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
² University of Leeds, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Leeds, UK.
³ NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK.
⁴ University of Leeds, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Leeds, UK m.buch@leeds.ac.uk.

Graham Fent et al. Ann Rheum Dis. 2019 Aug.

. 2019 Aug;78(8):1138-1140.

doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2018-214975. Epub 2019 Mar 9.

¹ Multidisciplinary Cardiovascular Research Centre (MCRC) & Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
² University of Leeds, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Leeds, UK.
³ NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK.
⁴ University of Leeds, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Leeds, UK m.buch@leeds.ac.uk.

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Keywords: ant-CCP; atherosclerosis; cardiovascular disease; magnetic resonance imaging; rheumatoid arthritis.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.