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Cardiovascular case fatality in rheumatoid arthritis is decreasing; first prospective analysis of a current low disease activity rheumatoid arthritis cohort and review of the literature

BACKGROUND: Previous studies found increased case fatality after myocardial infarction and more frequent sudden death in RA patients compared to non-RA subjects. The RA associated CV risk might be explained by the combined effects of chronic systemic inflammation and increased lifestyle associated c...

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Autores principales: Meek, Inger L, Vonkeman, Harald E, van de Laar, Mart AFJ
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4046075/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24779371
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-15-142