Open AccessDeclines in Mortality From Acute Myocardial Infarction in Successive Incidence and Birth Cohorts of Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis
Author(s) -
Eswar Krishnan,
Vijaya Bharathi Lingala,
Gurkirpal Singh
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.0000142864.83780.81
Subject(s) - medicine , rheumatoid arthritis , myocardial infarction , incidence (geometry) , poisson regression , rate ratio , cohort , population , mortality rate , relative risk , confidence interval , environmental health , physics , optics
Patients with rheumatoid arthritis are at high risk for acute myocardial infarction (AMI). The treatment of rheumatoid arthritis has become more intensive over the past 2 decades, resulting in tighter control of inflammation and lower levels of disability. The impact of this on atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases is not known.
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