Influence of triple disease modifying anti-rheumatic drug therapy on carotid artery inflammation in drug-naive patients with recent onset of rheumatoid arthritis

摘要

Objective. Increased atherosclerosis in RA is not fully explained by the ordinary risk factors, but it may be related to vascular inflammation. The aim of this study was to investigate the degree of carotid artery inflammation in drug-naive patients with early RA before and after DMARD triple therapy.