Rethinking Cardiovascular Screening in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains a leading cause of mortality in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Decades of data have established that patients with SLE experience myocardial infarctions and strokes at rates far exceeding those of the general population, often at strikingly young ages.<sup>1</sup>
Authors
- Maureen McMahon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2910-7640)
- Brian J. Skaggs (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9215-0596)
Institutions
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journal of Rheumatology
- Published
- 2026-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.2026-0136
- Primary Topic
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00