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Cardiovascular risk in rheumatoid arthritis
The British Journal of Cardiology, 05/21/09

Kelt I et al. – A review of cardiovascular risk in rheumatoid arthritis summarizes the British Society of Rheumatology published guidelines on management of rheumatoid arthritis.

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Review of cardiovascular risk in rheumatoid arthritis and British Society of Rheumatology guidelines

Results

British Society of Rheumatology published guidelines on management of rheumatoid arthritis call for increased awareness of rheumatoid arthritis as an independent risk factor for ischemic heart disease
Increased cardiovascular risk relates to inflammation severity and duration
Magnitude of additional cardiovascular risk in severe rheumatoid arthritis is compared with that in diabetes mellitus
Reduced life expectancy is due to an excess of cardiovascular death
Myocardial infarction twice as likely in women with vs without rheumatoid arthritis
Increased risk of congestive cardiac failure, asymptomatic coronary heart disease, and sudden cardiac death

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