Rheumatoid arthritis is an independent risk factor for multi-vessel coronary artery disease: a case control study

The risk for cardiovascular (CV) disease is increased in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) but data on the burden of coronary atherosclerosis in patients with RA are lacking. We conducted a retrospective case-control study of Olmsted County (MN, USA) residents with RA and new-onset coronary artery disease (...

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Main Authors: Warrington, Kenneth J, Kent, Peter D, Frye, Robert L, Lymp, James F, Kopecky, Stephen L, Goronzy, Jörg J, Weyand, Cornelia M
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2005
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1257428/