We explored the association between diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis (RA) or systemic lupus
erythematosus (SLE) and the risk of developing a first-time acute myocardial infarction (AMI) …

Objectives Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) imposes substantial social costs, including an
increased risk of work-related disability and accelerated cardiovascular diseases. The aim of …

Holmqvist ME, Wedrén S, Jacobsson LTH, Klareskog L, Nyberg F, Rantapää‐Dahlqvist S,
Alfredsson L, Askling J (Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm; …

Objective To investigate the relative importance of shared etiologies for rheumatoid arthritis
(RA) and ischemic heart disease (IHD) in terms of the well‐known increased risk of IHD in …

Objective: To examine the incidence and outcome of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in
patients with rheumatoid arthritis compared with the general population, and to examine …

Aims Despite a wealth of studies describing an increased incidence of acute coronary
syndromes (ACSs) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), considerably less is known about the clinical …

Background Over the last few decades, several studies have demonstrated the connection
between Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) and Ischemic Heart Disease (IHD). The additional risk for …

Introduction While rheumatoid arthritis is an established risk factor for cardiovascular
disease (CVD), our knowledge of how the pattern of risk varies for different cardiovascular …

Objectives Patients with RA and SLE have an excess cardiovascular risk. We aimed to
evaluate outcomes of acute cardiovascular events in these patients. Methods Using a …

Objective To examine the risk of clinical coronary heart disease (CHD) in patients with
rheumatoid arthritis (RA) compared with age‐and sex‐matched non‐RA subjects, and to …