Rheumatoid arthritis, cardiometabolic comorbidities, and related conditions: need to take action
Salvatore Corrao,
Luigi Calvo,
Annarita Giardina
et al.
Abstract:Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality, however, traditional cardiovascular risk factors do not fully explain this relationship. This high risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in RA has been increasingly acknowledged in past decades, with accumulating evidence that RA is an independent cardiovascular risk factor; RA is also associated with metabolic syndrome, which correlates with disease activity, contributing to the increased prevalenc… Show more
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