Join Drs Maureen McMahon and Michael Garshick as they discuss cardiovascular disease in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, focusing on hidden risk and challenging clinical scenarios.

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Resources

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/332244-overview

Sore, Hot, and At Risk: The Emerging Specialty of Cardio-Rheumatology https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37232258/

The Bimodal Mortality Pattern of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1251849/

About CDC-Funded Lupus Research https://www.cdc.gov/lupus/php/surveillance/index.html

Traditional Framingham Risk Factors Fail to Fully Account for Accelerated Atherosclerosis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11665973/

Publisher Correction: Efferocytosis Drives a Tryptophan Metabolism Pathway in Macrophages to Promote Tissue Resolution https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39285251/

Cholesterol Efflux Pathways, Inflammation, and Atherosclerosis https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34182846/

Role of Coronary Artery Calcium Score in the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33947652/

Evaluation of Intima-Media Thickness and Arterial Stiffness as Early Ultrasound Biomarkers of Carotid Artery Atherosclerosis https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35362868/

Lupus Atherosclerosis Prevention Study (LAPS) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21177297/

Colchicine in Acute Myocardial Infarction - CLEAR SYNERGY (OASIS 9) Colchicine https://www.acc.org/latest-in-cardiology/clinical-trials/2024/10/25/04/34/clear-synergy