Rheumatoid Arthritis Cardiovascular Risk Remains High In DMARD Era
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Article Date: 16 Nov 2006 - 0:00 PDT
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The increased risk of cardiovascular disease and myocardial infarction associated with rheumatoid arthritis does not appear to have been changed by the introduction of DMARDs, according to a Swedish study.
Dr Ulf Bergstrom and colleagues, University Hospital Malmo, compared cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in 1995-2002, and in an earlier patient cohort (1978-85).
They found that the increased incidence of cardiovascular events and cardiovascular deaths in patients with RA remained unchanged over time, despite intensive treatment with newer anti-rheumatic drugs and reduced disease severity, and they call for further action to prevent cardiovascular co-morbidity (Abstract #335).
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