Characteristics of coronary atherosclerosis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Purpose of this study was examination of the features of coronary vessels in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) using CT angiography. Materials and Methods: results of CT angiographic studies of 60 patients with varying degrees of coronary vessels pathology were retrospectively analyzed. 27 of them had a history of RA. The control group included 33 patients who had no medical history and clinical symptoms of rheumatic disease. The degree of calcification of the coronary arteries was calculated according to the Agatston degree. Processing of the results was carried out on Excel and Statistica 6.0. Results: The study found that coronary calcification in the control group patients averaged 289, and in patients with RA 305 HU (p