Cardiovascular co-morbidity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A narrative review of risk factors, cardiovascular risk assessment and treatment

BMC Rheumatology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Jagpal, Aprajita ^a   Navarro Millán, Iris ^b,c  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Cardiovascular risk assessment; Mortality; Myocardial infarction; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; GLUCOCORTICOID; LIPID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIORESPIRATORY FITNESS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FAMILY HISTORY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

EID: 85065826392     PISSN: None     EISSN: 25201026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s41927-018-0014-y     Document Type: Review

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