Increased morbidity from ischemic heart disease in patients with Wegener's granulomatosis

Mikkel Faurschou, Lene Mellemkjaer, Inge Juul Sørensen, Bjarne Svalgaard Thomsen, Lene Dreyer, Bo Baslund

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    Abstract

    Experimental studies indicate that patients with Wegener's granulomatosis (WG) experience accelerated atherosclerosis. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the occurrence of overt ischemic heart disease (IHD) is increased in WG.
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalArthritis & Rheumatism
    Volume60
    Issue number4
    Pages (from-to)1187-92
    Number of pages6
    ISSN0004-3591
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Apr 2009

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