Objective Cardiovascular (CV) disease is the most common cause of mortality in patients
with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We assessed the contribution of epidemiologic features …

Cardiovascular disease (CV) is the most common cause of premature mortality in patients
with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). This is the result of an accelerated atherosclerotic process …

Objective To identify predictors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and for overall survival in
patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) followed from disease onset. Methods A retrospective …

OBJECTIVE: To assess the frequency of echocardiographic and Doppler abnormalities in
long-term treated rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients without clinically evident cardiovascular …

Objective To examine the role of the variants of the PTPN22 and HLA–DRB1 genes as
predictors of mortality in inflammatory polyarthritis (IP) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) …

Objectives Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have an excess risk of cardiovascular
disease (CVD). We aimed to assess the impact of CVD risk factors, including potential sex …

Cardiovascular disease remains a major problem for people with RA. Future work should
focus on further delineating the underlying biological mechanisms involved, developing and …

Objective To accurately determine the contributions of HLA–DRB1 alleles in explaining
susceptibility to inflammatory polyarthritis in a large, true population‐based cohort of new …

Introduction We analyzed the prevalence of cardiovascular (CV) disease in patients with
rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and its association with traditional CV risk factors, clinical features …

Abstract Objective To compare HLA–C genotypes and smoking habits in patients with
vasculitis or other severe extraarticular manifestations of rheumatoid arthritis (ExRA) with …