Coronary artery calcification is prevalent in systemic sclerosis and is associated with adverse prognosis
Coronary artery calcification is common in systemic sclerosis. Coronary artery calcification predicts mortality independently of age and confounding co-morbidities which suggests this finding has clinical relevance and is a potential target for screening and therapeutic intervention.
Authors
- Jennifer Rossdale (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1097-7897)
- Rob Mackenzie Ross
- Calum Jones
- Davyd Greenish
- Victoria Flower (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6221-589X)
- Andrew Gilroy
- Jamie Sanghera
- Maredudd Harris
- Jonathan Rodrigues (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2744-3509)
- Jessica Dym Bartlett (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5114-6833)
- John Graby (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8753-1343)
- John D Pauling (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2793-2364)
- Sarah Skeoch
- Jay Suntharalingam
Institutions
- Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases (GB)
- North Bristol NHS Trust (GB)
- Royal United Hospital (GB)
- Royal United Hospital Bath NHS Trust (GB)
- University of Bath (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Scleroderma and Related Disorders
- Published
- 2024-08-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/23971983241264090
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.12