%0 Journal Article
%T Prevalence of Asymptomatic Arterial Hypertension and Its Correlation with Inflammatory Activity in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
%A Ali Lahu
%A Avni Kryeziu
%A Bastri Durmishi
%A Elton Bahtiri
%A Halit Bajraktari
%A Idriz Berisha
%A Ismet H. Bajraktari
%A Sylejman Rexhepi
%J Archive of "Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences".
%D 2017
%R 10.3889/oamjms.2017.146
%X Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic systemic inflammatory disease that worsens during the course of the disease and can cause disability. Early RA refers to the onset of symptoms within the past 3 months. In RA, increased levels of mediators of inflammation may cause arterial stiffness consequently leading to arterial hypertension
%K Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
%K Hypertension
%K CRP
%K ESR
%K Anti CCP
%K DAS-28
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5591595/