CARDIOVASCULAR RISK ASSESSMENT IN PATIENTS WITH EARLY RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS WITHIN THE REMARCA STUDY: PRELIMINARY DATA

Assessment of Cardiovascular Risk in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Cutaneous manifestations in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory joint disease with different extra-articular manifestations. Among those extra-articular manifestations, there are significant cutaneous manifestations which may result in first admission to a dermatologist. In this article some specific and non-specific skin lesions of RA such as rheumatoid nodules, exacerbated nodules, rheumatoid vascu...

Hearing status in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Background: Previous studies showed that one of the complications of rheumatoid arthritis disease was auditory disorder. The goal of the present study was to compare the auditory status in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and healthy individuals. Methods: In the present case-control study, 30 normal persons and 60 persons with rheumatoid arthritis with mean age of 46.72 and standard deviatio...

Assessment of cardiovascular risk in patients with rheumatoid arthritis using the SCORE risk index.

INTRODUCTION Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease that causes systemic involvement and is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease. OBJECTIVE To analyze the prediction index of 10-year risk of a fatal cardiovascular disease event in female RA patients versus controls. METHODS Case-control study with analysis of 100 female patients matched for age and gender versus 1...

Increased cardiovascular risk in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: an overview.

Patients with established rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have a higher cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in comparison with the general population. It is considered to be an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease. The purpose of this article is to describe the mechanisms responsible for accelerated atherogenesis in RA patients and to give an overview of the effects of different RA t...