RHeumatoid arthritis studY of THe Myocardium
| Sponsor: |
The National Institutes of Health NIH |
| Enrolling: |
Male and Female Patients |
| Study Length: |
2 Days |
| Clinic Visits: |
2 |
| IRB Number: |
AAAR4279 |
| Contact: |
Christopher Depender: 212-305-4114 / cd2686@cumc.columbia.edu |
We are doing a research study to learn more about why people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are prone to heart disease. We are recruiting patients diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis without a personal history of heart disease. This study involves one initial full visit as described below, and a brief follow up visit that will take place approximately 2 or more years later. We would incorporate questionnaires, fasting blood tests, 3D-Echocardiogram, PET-CT scan with a cardiac stress test. The 3D-Echocardiogram, blood tests, questionnaires, and a quick CT-scan would be done 3 years later. With these tests, we hope to better understand how rheumatoid arthritis and cardiovascular disease might be related.
This study is closed
Investigator
Joan Bathon, MD
| Have you been diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis? |
Yes |
No |
| Do you have a personal history of cardiac disease? |
Yes |
No |
| Do you have a personal history of stroke/cerebrovascular disease? |
Yes |
No |