Rapid increase in myocardial infarction risk following diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis amongst patients diagnosed between 1995 and 2006

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 268, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 578-585

  Holmqvist, M E ^a   Wedren S ^a   Jacobsson, L T H ^b   Klareskog, L ^a   Nyberg, F ^a,c   Rantapaa Dahlqvist S ^d   Alfredsson, L ^a   Askling, J ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Mortality; Myocardial infarction; Rheumatoid arthritis; Rheumatoid factor; Risk; Swedish

Indexed keywords

RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORONARY RISK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78649467528     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: 13652796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2796.2010.02260.x     Document Type: Article

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