Open AccessCardiovascular risk in rheumatoid arthritis.
Author(s) -
V. O. Omelchenko,
М. А. Королев,
Т. И. Поспелова,
Konenkov Vi
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
kliničeskaâ medicina
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2412-1339
pISSN - 0023-2149
DOI - 10.18821/0023-2149-2018-96-6-491-497
Subject(s) - rheumatoid arthritis , scopus , medicine , intensive care medicine , arthritis , medline , physical therapy , political science , law
The problem of high mortality in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, one of the most common autoimmune diseases, is still unsolved. Many studies have shown a significant impact on cardiovascular risk of both traditional and non-traditional risk factors (genetic, RA-associated etc). To improve the individual prognosis, team actions by physicians of different specialties are necessary on the basis of good awareness and patients ’ compliance. The aim of the review was to characterize the main factors involved in the formation of cardiovascular risk and give a notion about the features of its assessing in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Literature search was carried out using Scopus, Web of Science, RSCI by keywords.