Assessing the complex intima-media thickness in rheumatoid arthritis female patients of reproductive age

The assessment results of the complex intima-media thickness of carotid arteries in rheumatoid arthritis female patients of reproductive age are presented in the article. We studied 85 female patients with established rheumatoid arthritis (mean age 42.16.8 years) and 32 healthy women (mean age 43.26.7 years). Rheumatoid arthritis patients were revealed to have increased intimamedia complex thickness independently on cardio-vascular disease history. Valuable risk factors of atherosclerotic vascular injury development are RF-positivity, systematic character and activity of the disease.