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Sustained Improvement of Arterial Stiffness and Blood Pressure after Long-Term Rosuvastatin Treatment in Patients with Inflammatory Joint Diseases: Results from the RORA-AS Study
OBJECTIVE: Patients with inflammatory joint diseases (IJD) have a high prevalence of hypertension and increased arterial stiffness. The …
Eirik Ikdahl, Silvia Rollefstad, Jonny Hisdal, Inge C. Olsen, Terje R. Pedersen, Tore K. Kvien, Anne Grete Semb
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Rosuvastatin improves endothelial function in patients with inflammatory joint diseases, longitudinal associations with atherosclerosis and arteriosclerosis: results from the RORA-AS statin intervention study
INTRODUCTION: Endothelial dysfunction is an early step in the atherosclerotic process and can be quantified by flow-mediated …
Eirik Ikdahl, Jonny Hisdal, Silvia Rollefstad, Inge C. Olsen, Tore K. Kvien, Terje R. Pedersen, Anne Grete Semb
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CRP and ASDAS are associated with future elevated arterial stiffness, a risk marker of cardiovascular disease, in patients with ankylosing spondylitis: results after 5-year follow-up
OBJECTIVE: To identify factors associated with elevated arterial stiffness in a 5-year follow-up of patients with ankylosing …
Inger Jorid Berg, Anne Grete Semb, Désirée van der Heijde, Tore K. Kvien, Inge C. Olsen, Hanne Dagfinrud, Sella A. Provan
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Disease activity in ankylosing spondylitis and associations to markers of vascular pathology and traditional cardiovascular disease risk factors: a cross-sectional study
OBJECTIVE: To compare the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and population controls, and to examine …
Inger Jorid Berg, Désirée van der Heijde, Hanne Dagfinrud, Ingebjørg Seljeflot, Inge Christoffer Olsen, Tore K. Kvien, Anne Grete Semb, Sella A. Provan
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Efficacy of high intensity exercise on disease activity and cardiovascular risk in active axial spondyloarthritis: a randomized controlled pilot study
BACKGROUND: Physical therapy is recommended for the management of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) and flexibility exercises have …
Silje Halvorsen Sveaas, Inger Jorid Berg, Sella Aarrestad Provan, Anne Grete Semb, Kåre Birger Hagen, Nina Vøllestad, Camilla Fongen, Inge C. Olsen, Annika Michelsen, Thor Ueland, Pål Aukrust, Tore K. Kvien, Hanne Dagfinrud
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