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Points to consider in cardiovascular disease risk management among patients with rheumatoid arthritis living in South Africa, an unequal middle income country

Solomon, Ahmed; Stanwix, Anne E.; Castaneda, Santos; Llorca, Javier; Gonzalez-Juanatey, Carlos; Hodkinson, Bridget; Romela, Benitha; Ally, Mahmood M. T. M.; Maharaj, Ajesh B.; Van Duuren, Elsa M.; Ziki, Joyce J.; Seboka, Mpoti; Mohapi, Makgotso; Jansen Van Rensburg, Barend J.; Tarr, Gareth S.; Makan, Kavita; Balton, Charlene; Gogakis, Aphrodite; González-Gay, Miguel A.; Dessein, Patrick H. (BMC (part of Springer Nature), 2020-06-16)

Background: It is plausible that optimal cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk management differs in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) from low or middle income compared to high income populations. This study aimed ...
Speckle tracking echocardiography in acute lupus myocarditis : comparison to conventional echocardiography

Du Toit, Riette; Herbst, Phillip G.; Van Rensburg, Annari; Snyman, Hendrik W.; Reuter, Helmuth; Doubell, Anton F. (BioScientifica, 2017)

Aims: Lupus myocarditis occurs in 5–10% of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). No single feature is diagnostic of lupus myocarditis. Speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) can detect subclinical left ...