This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. HYPOTHESIS: 1) That structural and functional markers of vascular will be altered in patients w/RA. 2) That functional and structural markers of vascular damage, such as flow-mediated dilation and coronary calcium, respectively, will be independently associated w/the severity of RA.
SPECIFIC AIMS : 1) To test the hypothesis that structural and functional measures of vascular damage are more marked in patients w/established RA than in matched controls and to elucidate the mechanisms through which inflammation may accelerate vascular damage. 2) To test the hypothesis that effective control of early RA alters the progression of structural and functional measures of vascular damage.
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