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Lewandowski LB, Kaplan MJ. Update on cardiovascular disease in lupus. Current opinion in rheumatology. 2016 Dec;28(28). 468-76. NIHMSID: NIHMS795481.
Abstract
Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease confers significant morbidity and mortality in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and cannot be fully explained by traditional cardiovascular risk factors. Recent immunologic discoveries have outlined putative pathways in SLE that may also accelerate the development of atherosclerosis.