George D. Kitas

Validation of a novel ELISA for measurement of MDA-LDL in human plasma.

An assessment of back pain and the prevalence of sacroiliitis in sarcoidosis.

Predictive value of antibodies to cyclic citrullinated peptide in patients with very early inflammatory arthritis.

Reversing myocardial microvascular disease in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis.

Well-being in rheumatoid arthritis: the effects of disease duration and psychosocial factors.

Inflammation and atherosclerosis in rheumatoid arthritis.

Adherence to medication.

Homocysteine from endothelial cells promotes LDL nitration and scavenger receptor uptake.

Avoidance of unhealthy fattening: a longstanding proposal.

Redefining overweight and obesity in rheumatoid arthritis patients.

Prevalence and predictors of ocular manifestations of RA: is there a need for routine screening?

Research in Musculoskeletal Care: the Dudley interdisciplinary experience.

Qualitative methodologies I: asking research questions with reflexive insight.

Qualitative methodologies II: a brief guide to applying interpretative phenomenological analysis in musculoskeletal care.

Psychological well-being across 1 year with rheumatoid arthritis: coping resources as buffers of perceived stress.

The health and life experiences of mothers with rheumatoid arthritis: a phenomenological study.

Increase in systemic vascular resistance during acute mental stress in patients with rheumatoid arthritis with high-grade systemic inflammation.

Inflammation, carotid intima-media thickness and atherosclerosis in rheumatoid arthritis.

Cigarette smoking associates with body weight and muscle mass of patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a cross-sectional, observational study.

Polymorphisms of the endothelin-1 gene associate with hypertension in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Association of interleukin-6 (IL-6)-174G/C gene polymorphism with cardiovascular disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: the role of obesity and smoking.

Lack of association between glucocorticoid use and presence of the metabolic syndrome in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a cross-sectional study.

Underweight and obese states both associate with worse disease activity and physical function in patients with established rheumatoid arthritis.

Association of the TRAF1/C5 locus with increased mortality, particularly from malignancy or sepsis, in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Association of physical inactivity with increased cardiovascular risk in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Galectin-2 (LGALS2) 3279C/T polymorphism may be independently associated with diastolic blood pressure in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Development and initial validation of a heart disease knowledge questionnaire for people with rheumatoid arthritis.

A killer mocking bird.

'Extra information a bit further down the line': rheumatoid arthritis patients' perceptions of developing educational material about the cardiovascular disease risk.

'All singing from the same hymn sheet': healthcare professionals' perceptions of developing patient education material about the cardiovascular aspects of rheumatoid arthritis.

Methotrexate therapy associates with reduced prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in rheumatoid arthritis patients over the age of 60- more than just an anti-inflammatory effect? A cross sectional study.

Atherosclerosis in rheumatoid arthritis versus diabetes: a comparative study.

Can statins suppress the development of abdominal aortic aneurysms? A review of the current evidence.

Uric acid is a strong independent predictor of renal dysfunction in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Prevalence of risk factors for statin-induced myopathy in rheumatoid arthritis patients.

Aberrant reactive oxygen and nitrogen species generation in rheumatoid arthritis (RA): causes and consequences for immune function, cell survival, and therapeutic intervention.

The rationale for comparative studies of accelerated atherosclerosis in rheumatic diseases.

Dyslipidaemia in rheumatoid arthritis: the role of inflammation, drugs, lifestyle and genetic factors.

Target organ damage in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: the role of blood pressure and heart rate.

Lack of an association of GNB3 C825T polymorphism and blood pressure in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Statin use in rheumatoid arthritis in relation to actual cardiovascular risk: evidence for substantial undertreatment of lipid-associated cardiovascular risk?

Association of mean platelet volume with hypertension in rheumatoid arthritis.

Statin treatment of rheumatoid arthritis: comment on the editorial by Ridker and Solomon.

Mean platelet volume in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: the effect of anti-TNF-α therapy.

Vascular function and inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis: the role of physical activity.

Platelet function in rheumatoid arthritis: arthritic and cardiovascular implications.

Microalbuminuria in rheumatoid arthritis in the post penicillamine/gold era: association with hypertension, but not therapy or inflammation.

Subclinical peripheral arterial disease in rheumatoid arthritis.

Abdominal aortic aneurysm: a review of the genetic basis.

Meeting the needs of children who have parents with chronic inflammatory musculoskeletal diseases.

Translating patient education theory into practice: developing material to address the cardiovascular education needs of people with rheumatoid arthritis.

Rheumatoid cachexia and cardiovascular disease.

Are lipid ratios less susceptible to change with systemic inflammation than individual lipid components in patients with rheumatoid arthritis?

Obesity in rheumatoid arthritis.

Cardiovascular disease in rheumatoid arthritis: state of the art and future perspectives.

Uric acid and cardiovascular risk in rheumatoid arthritis.

Biomarkers in systemic sclerosis-related pulmonary arterial hypertension.

Mean platelet volume: a link between thrombosis and inflammation?

Platelet function and antiplatelet therapy in cardiovascular disease: implications of genetic polymorphisms.

The endothelium and its role in regulating vascular tone.

Rheumatoid arthritis susceptibility genes associate with lipid levels in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Rheumatoid arthritis: is it a coronary heart disease equivalent?

Improvement of ultrasound appearances in carpal tunnel syndrome following treatment with oral corticosteroids.

Patient evaluation of a novel patient education leaflet about heart disease risk among people with rheumatoid arthritis.

Dyslipidaemia in rheumatological autoimmune diseases.

Biomedical journal editing: elements of success.

The association between microvascular and macrovascular endothelial function in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a cross-sectional study.

Disease activity and low physical activity associate with number of hospital admissions and length of hospitalisation in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Cardiovascular education for people with rheumatoid arthritis: what can existing patient education programmes teach us?

Writing a narrative biomedical review: considerations for authors, peer reviewers, and editors.

Inverted BMI rather than BMI is a better proxy for percentage of body fat.

Vascular function and morphology in rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic review.

Free radicals and redox signalling in T-cells during chronic inflammation and ageing.

Interview with Professor George D. Kitas, Chair of Excellence in Rheumatology.

Multiple lead spinal cord stimulation for chronic mechanical low back pain: a comparative study with intrathecal opioid drug delivery.

Apolipoprotein E gene polymorphisms are strong predictors of inflammation and dyslipidemia in rheumatoid arthritis.

Diversity, value and limitations of the journal impact factor and alternative metrics.

Imaging modalities for the diagnosis of pulmonary hypertension in systemic sclerosis.

Excellence in Rheumatology 2012 25-28 January Madrid.

A randomized placebo-controlled trial of methotrexate in psoriatic arthritis.

Systemic sclerosis-related pulmonary hypertension: unique characteristics and future treatment targets.

Marine n-3 fatty acids for cardiovascular risk reduction and disease control in rheumatoid arthritis: "kill two birds with one stone"?

Adverse cardiovascular effects of antirheumatic drugs: implications for clinical practice and research.

Predictors of new atherosclerotic carotid plaque development in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a longitudinal study.

Lack of association between polymorphisms of thrombogenic genes and disease susceptibility in rheumatoid arthritis.

Anemia is associated with mortality following endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm.

Suprarenal graft fixation in endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair is associated with a decrease in renal function.

The role of inflammation and cardiovascular disease risk on microvascular and macrovascular endothelial function in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a cross-sectional and longitudinal study.

Multimodality imaging and the emerging role of cardiac magnetic resonance in autoimmune myocarditis.

Dance as an eccentric form of exercise: practical implications.

Anti-tumour necrosis factor alpha therapy improves insulin sensitivity in normal-weight but not in obese patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Importance of standardized methodology to comparisons between studies of rheumatoid arthritis and cardiovascular disease: comment on the article by Giles et al.

Clinical remission following treatment with tumour necrosis factor-alpha antagonists is not accompanied by changes in asymmetric dimethylarginine in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Anti-TNFα therapy transiently improves high density lipoprotein cholesterol levels and microvascular endothelial function in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a pilot study.

Best peer reviewers and the quality of peer review in biomedical journals.

A randomized controlled trial of a cognitive behavioural patient education intervention vs a traditional information leaflet to address the cardiovascular aspects of rheumatoid disease.

Authorship problems in scholarly journals: considerations for authors, peer reviewers and editors.

Individualised aerobic and resistance exercise training improves cardiorespiratory fitness and reduces cardiovascular risk in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

The role of inflammation, the autonomic nervous system and classical cardiovascular disease risk factors on subendocardial viability ratio in patients with RA: a cross-sectional and longitudinal study.

Asymmetric dimethylarginine as a surrogate marker of endothelial dysfunction and cardiovascular risk in patients with systemic rheumatic diseases.

Promoting transparent and accurate reporting of research studies in rheumatology: endorsement of reporting guidelines in rheumatology journals.

Biologic therapies and systemic bone loss in rheumatoid arthritis.

Platelets in rheumatic diseases: friend or foe?

Micro- and macrovascular treatment targets in scleroderma heart disease.

Diffuse, subendocardial vasculitis. A new entity identified by cardiovascular magnetic resonance and its clinical implications.

Derangement of hemostasis in rheumatoid arthritis: association with demographic, inflammatory and metabolic factors.

The impact of inflammation on metabolomic profiles in patients with arthritis.

Heart involvement in rheumatoid arthritis: multimodality imaging and the emerging role of cardiac magnetic resonance.

Randomised, double-blind controlled trial by dose reduction of implanted intrathecal morphine delivery in chronic non-cancer pain.

Individualised exercise improves endothelial function in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Open access: changing global science publishing.

Clinical outcome of ultrasound-guided steroid injections for chronic shoulder pain.

The association between functional and morphological assessments of endothelial function in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a cross-sectional study.

Multidisciplinary bibliographic databases.

Burden of disease in treated rheumatoid arthritis patients: going beyond the joint.

Prolonged QTc interval predicts all-cause mortality in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: an association driven by high inflammatory burden.

Cardiac tissue characterization and the diagnostic value of cardiovascular magnetic resonance in systemic connective tissue diseases.

Osteoarthritis pain has a significant neuropathic component: an exploratory in vivo patient model.

Rheumatoid arthritis: Testing the inflammation-insulin resistance link in clinical trials.

Arterial hypertension assessed "out-of-office" in a contemporary cohort of rheumatoid arthritis patients free of cardiovascular disease is characterized by high prevalence, low awareness, poor control and increased vascular damage-associated "white coat" phenomenon.

Classical cardiovascular disease risk factors associate with vascular function and morphology in rheumatoid arthritis: a six-year prospective study.

Obesity as an independent predictor of outcome after endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair.

Conflicts of interest in biomedical publications: considerations for authors, peer reviewers, and editors.

Asymmetric dimethylarginine is not associated with subendocardial viability ratio in Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Myocardial stress perfusion-fibrosis imaging pattern in sarcoidosis, assessed by cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging.

Rheumatoid arthritis: an autoimmune disease with female preponderance and cardiovascular risk equivalent to diabetes mellitus: role of cardiovascular magnetic resonance.

Can suppression of inflammation by anti-TNF prevent progression of subclinical atherosclerosis in inflammatory arthritis?

Self-correction in biomedical publications and the scientific impact.

Edema and fibrosis imaging by cardiovascular magnetic resonance: how can the experience of Cardiology be best utilized in rheumatological practice?

Endothelial dysfunction as a determinant of trastuzumab-mediated cardiotoxicity in patients with breast cancer.

"All roads lead to Rome" ventricular tachycardia due to right ventricle involvement in autoimmune and non-autoimmune disease.

Cardiovascular disease assessment in rheumatoid arthritis: a guide to translating knowledge of cardiovascular risk into clinical practice.

Association between seven single nucleotide polymorphisms involved in inflammation and proteolysis and abdominal aortic aneurysm.

The autoimmune-associated genetic variant PTPN22 R620W enhances neutrophil activation and function in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and healthy individuals.

Three months of moderate-intensity exercise reduced plasma 3-nitrotyrosine in rheumatoid arthritis patients.

Cardiac and muscular involvement in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies: noninvasive diagnostic assessment and the role of cardiovascular and skeletal magnetic resonance imaging.

Upgrading instructions for authors of scholarly journals.

Interrelated reduction of chemerin and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 serum levels in rheumatoid arthritis after interleukin-6 receptor blockade.

Neuropathic pain in osteoarthritis: a review of pathophysiological mechanisms and implications for treatment.

Heart failure imaging patterns in systemic lupus erythematosus. Evaluation using cardiovascular magnetic resonance.

Autonomic function and rheumatoid arthritis--a systematic review.

The relationship between cardiovascular disease risk prediction scores and vascular function and morphology in rheumatoid arthritis.

Cumulative inflammation associates with asymmetric dimethylarginine in rheumatoid arthritis: a 6 year follow-up study.

Relationship between dimethylarginine dimethylaminohydrolase gene variants and asymmetric dimethylarginine in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Serum samples that have been stored long-term (>10 years) can be used as a suitable data source for developing cardiovascular risk prediction models in large observational rheumatoid arthritis cohorts.

Systematic and open identification of researchers and authors: focus on open researcher and contributor ID.

The effects of the spleen tyrosine kinase inhibitor fostamatinib on ambulatory blood pressure in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis: results of the OSKIRA-ABPM (ambulatory blood pressure monitoring) randomized trial.

Fostering autonomous motivation, physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness in rheumatoid arthritis: protocol and rationale for a randomised control trial.

Educating science editors: is there a comprehensive strategy?

Association Between Corrected QT Interval and Inflammatory Cytokines in Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Chemerin and cardiovascular risk in rheumatoid arthritis after interleukin 6 receptor blockade.