Increased incidence of and impaired prognosis after acute myocardial infarction among patients with seropositive rheumatoid arthritis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 263-266

  Södergren, Anna ^a   Stegmayr, Birgitta ^a   Lundberg, Vivan ^b   Öhman, Marie Louise ^c   Wållberg Jonsson, Solveig ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Kalix Hospital   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SURVIVAL TIME; SWEDEN;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SEROLOGIC TESTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33846860889     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2006.052456     Document Type: Article

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