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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">CC</journal-id>
<journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">Cardiol Croat</journal-id>
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<journal-title>Cardiologia Croatica</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">Cardiol. Croat.</abbrev-journal-title>
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<issn pub-type="ppub">1848-543X</issn>
<issn pub-type="epub">1848-5448</issn>
<publisher><publisher-name>Croatian Cardiac Society</publisher-name></publisher>
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<article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">CC_12(3)_44</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15836/ccar2017.44</article-id>
<article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Extended Abstract</subject></subj-group>
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<article-title>Risk factors for development of cardiovascular diseases in rheumatoid arthritis</article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-5633</contrib-id><name><surname>Bijedi&#x0107;</surname><given-names>Amira</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"><sup>1</sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1220-9277</contrib-id><name><surname>Bijedi&#x0107;</surname><given-names>Irma</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"><sup>1</sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Bijedi&#x0107;</surname><given-names>Suad</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"><sup>2</sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8565-776X</contrib-id><name><surname>Ku&#x0161;ljugi&#x0107;</surname><given-names>Zumreta</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"><sup>1</sup></xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1496-9309</contrib-id><name><surname>Lon&#x010D;ar</surname><given-names>Daniela</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"><sup>1</sup></xref></contrib>
<aff id="aff1"><label>1</label>Javna zdravstvena ustanova Univerzitski klini&#x010D;ki centar TuzlaTuzla, Bosna i Hercegovina</aff>
<aff id="aff2"><label>2</label>Javna zdravstvena ustanova Dom zdravlja &#x201C;Dr Mustafa &#x0160;ehovi&#x0107;&#x201C;, Tuzla, Bosna i Hercegovina</aff>
<aff id="aff3"><label>1</label>Public Health Institution University Clinical Center Tuzla, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina</aff>
<aff id="aff4"><label>2</label>Public Health Institution Health Center Tuzla, Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina</aff>
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<corresp id="cor1">Address for correspondence: Amira Bijedi&#x0107;, Me&#x0161;e Selimovica 23, 75000 Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. / Phone: +38761811784 / E-mail: <email xlink:href="amira_bijedic@yahoo.com">amira_bijedic@yahoo.com</email></corresp></author-notes>
<pub-date pub-type="epub-ppub"><month>03</month><year>2017</year></pub-date>
<volume>12</volume>
<issue>3</issue>
<fpage>44</fpage>
<lpage>44</lpage>
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<date date-type="received"><day>04</day><month>02</month><year>2017</year></date><date date-type="accepted"><day>28</day><month>02</month><year>2017</year></date>
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<copyright-year>2017</copyright-year>
<copyright-holder>Croatian Cardiac Society</copyright-holder>
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<kwd-group kwd-group-type="author"><title>Keywords: </title><kwd>rheumatoid arthritis</kwd><kwd>arterial hypertension</kwd><kwd>inflammation</kwd></kwd-group>
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<p>Uvod: Porast morbiditeta i mortaliteta od kardiovaskularnih bolesti (KVB) zbog razvoja ateroskleroze opisan je kod nekih autoimunih bolesti kao &#x0161;to je reumatoidni artritis. Postojanje tradicionalnih &#x010D;imbenika rizika za kardiovaskularne bolesti &#x010D;esto je zastupljeno kod bolesnika s reumatoidnim artritisom, ali ne mo&#x017E;e objasniti pove&#x0107;an razvoj kardiovaskularnih bolesti kod bolesnika s reumatoidnim artritisom. Smatra se da je reumatoidni artritis udru&#x017E;en s pove&#x0107;anim rizikom za razvoj kardiovaskularne bolesti jer kroni&#x010D;na sistemska upala predstavlja &#x010D;imbenik rizika za razvoj kardiovaskularnih bolesti isto kao i hipertenzija, &#x0161;e&#x0107;erna bolest ili dislipidemija. Ekstrazglobne manifestacije kod reumatoidnog artritisa povezane sa pove&#x0107;anim kardiovaskularnim mortalitetom upu&#x0107;uju na ulogu sistemske nekontrolirane upale u ubrzanom razvoju ateroskleroze. Cilj istra&#x017E;ivanja je bio utvrditi u&#x010D;estalost tradicionalnih i netradicionalnih &#x010D;imbenika rizika za razvoj kardiovaskularnih bolesti kod bolesnika sa reumatoidnim artritisom.</p>
<p>Pacijenti i metode: Kod 50 bolesnika sa reumatoidnim artritisom odre&#x0111;ene su vrijednosti sedimentacije eritrocita (SE), C reaktivnog proteina (CRP), fibrinogena, kolesterola, triglicerida, arterijskog tlaka, reuma faktora (RF), &#x0161;e&#x0107;era u krvi, spolna distribucija, godine &#x017E;ivota, vrijednost prema DAS 28 ljestvici.</p>
<p>Rezultati: U ispitivanoj grupi srednja &#x017E;ivotna dob je bila 63,4 godine, postotak &#x017E;enskog spola je bio 80%, SE u prvom satu je 60,1 mm, CRP 31,2 mg/l; kolesterol 5,41 mmol/l; trigliceridi 2,76 mmol/l; RF 276; fibrinogen 5,12 g/l; glukoza 6,8 mmol/l, arterijski tlak 140/90 mmHg; vrijednost prema DAS 28 ljestvici 6,4.</p>
<p>Zaklju&#x010D;ak: Povi&#x0161;eni parametri upale, kao &#x0161;to su CRP, fibrinogen i RF, bili su vi&#x0161;i &#x0161;to je bila vi&#x0161;a aktivnost bolesti prema DAS 28 score. Kod bolesnika sa povi&#x0161;enim vrijednosti prema DAS 28 ljestvici bili su povi&#x0161;eni i tradicionalni &#x010D;imbenici rizika za razvoj KVB kod bolesnika sa reumatoidnim artritisom.</p>
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