Cardiovascular events in early RA are a result of inflammatory burden and traditional risk factors: a five year prospective study
Arthritis Research & Therapy2011Vol. 13(4), pp. R131–R131
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Lena Innala, Bozena Möller, Lotta Ljung, Staffan Magnusson, Torgny Smedby, Anna Södergren, Marie‐Louise Öhman, Solbritt Rantapää‐Dahlqvist, Solveig Wållberg‐Jonsson
Abstract
The occurrence of new CV events in very early RA was explained by traditional CV risk factors and was potentiated by high disease activity. Treatment with DMARDs decreased the risk. The results may have implications for cardio-protective strategies in RA.
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