Abstract:BackgroundPatients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) present an increased risk of mortality. In the last decades, mortality rates tended to decrease but cardiovascular (CV) events remained as the leading cause of death in most series (1).ObjectivesTo assess mortality rates and leading causes of death, as well as predictors of mortality related to disease activity in a prospectively followed-up cohort of RA patients.MethodsWe conducted a prospective longitudinal study that included 673 RA patients from a single te… Show more
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