Rheumatoid arthritis and risk of acute myocardial infarction - A nationwide retrospective cohort study

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 168, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 4750-4754

  Chung, Wei Sheng ^a,b   Lin, Cheng Li ^c   Peng, Chiao Ling ^c   Chen, Yung Fu ^b   Lu, Chuan Chin ^a   Sung, Fung Chang ^c,d   Kao, Chia Hung ^c,e  

^a Taichung Hospital   (Taiwan)

^b CENTRAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Cohort study; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; TAIWAN;

ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; COHORT STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TAIWAN;

EID: 84886378689     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.07.233     Document Type: Article

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