Is clinical improvement in rheumatoid arthritis associated with healthier microvascular function in patients who respond to antirheumatic therapy?
Microvascular endothelial function improves in patients who respond to antirheumatic therapy. These results support the importance of effective therapy for RA patients in terms of CV effects, which might extrapolate to reduced CV events in the future. Clinical trial registration no. ISRCTN57761809.
The L/A ratio might be better related to patient outcomes than adipocytokines are individually in nondiabetic patients undergoing PD.