Heart damage in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

The article presents data on heart damage in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), features of the development ischemic and non-ischemic disease a significant increase risk adverse cardiovascular events. Patients RA are characterized by an increased developing myocardial infarction, failure, rhythm disturbances, sudden cardiac death, general death. possibility fairly rapid dysfunction from moment manifestation disease, progression atherosclerosis coronary arteries is emphasized, artery patients, worst survival rate after attack was established. available evidence suggests that makes contribution to morbidity mortality.