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Myocardial infarction and mortality following joint surgery in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a retrospective cohort study

BACKGROUND: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with an increased risk of myocardial infarction (MI) and post-MI fatality compared with the general population. In a previous study examining post-MI treatment in RA compared with controls we noted that a higher proportion of the RA patients had ex...

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Autores principales: Tropea, Joanne, Brand, Caroline A., Bohensky, Megan, Van Doornum, Sharon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4809028/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27018019
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13075-016-0958-5