Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Disease in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease in rheumatoid arthritis.

Cardiovascular disease in rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a multisystem disease with high rates of morbidity and mortality. In recent years, there has been increasing focus on the growing rates of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in RA, over and above expected levels allowing for ‘traditional’ risk factors. In this paper the impact of CVD in RA, the relative contributions of traditional risk factors and novel risk factors (inc...

Rheumatoid Arthritis and Cardiovascular Disease

Rheumatoid arthritis is characterised by uncontrolled chronic inflammation of the joints, which leads to their destruction and functional disability. It is also associated with increased and early cardiovascular mortality. This is thought to be linked to chronic systemic inflammation, which can lead to accelerated atherosclerosis, and thus earlier and more severe CHD. The beneficial effects of ...

[Rheumatoid arthritis and atherosclerosis].

Evidence continue to accumulate indicating that patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) present an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (and death). The risk factors for coronary artery disease (CAD) in RA are not fully understood. However, a number of possible factors have been described, but more than one may be efficient, such as homocysteine, presence of antiphospholipid antibodies, alt...

Atherosclerosis in Rheumatoid Arthritis

1Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IFIMAV, 39008 Santander, Spain 2Department of Rheumatology, Institute of Medicine, University of Debrecen Medical and Health Sciences Center, 98 Nagyerdei Street, Debrecen H-4032, Hungary 3Department of Rheumatology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands 4Research Unit...