Carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity improves cardiovascular risk prediction beyond SCORE2 in autoimmune rheumatic diseases: a 7-year follow-up study.
To evaluate the prognostic value of carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV), a marker of aortic stiffness, for cardiovascular events (CVEs) in patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases (ARDs) and to compare its performance with the Systematic Coronary Risk Evaluation 2 (SC…