Accumulation of Microvascular Target Organ Damage in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Patients Is Associated with Increased Cardiovascular Risk

Conclusions: Our study showed for the first time that SLE patients exhibit a greater number of cases of TOD. The accumulation of TOD was associated with increased CV risk. Clinicians dealing with SLE should be aware and seek microvascular alterations.PMID:38610905 | DOI:10.3390/jcm13072140

Source: Atherosclerosis - April 13, 2024 Category: Cardiology Authors: Nikolaos Koletsos Antonios Lazaridis Areti Triantafyllou Panagiota Anyfanti Stamatina Lamprou Anastasia Stoimeni Nikolaos G Papadopoulos Evaggelia-Evdoxia Koravou Eugenia Gkaliagkousi Source Type: research