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The article compares the clinical presentation, management as well as outcome of heart failure in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with non-RA subjects. Methodology-wise, the researchers conducted a community-based cohort study. Based on the results, they concluded that the findings emphasize the importance of more vigilant screening in patients with RA for early signs of the disease.

The article discusses a study on the mortality trends among rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients compared with those in the general population. The mortality rates for female and male RA patients were 2.4 and 2.5 per 100 person-years, respectively, between 1965 and 2005. It found that the difference between the observed and expected mortality rates increased in more recent years, which resulted in a wider mortality gap. The findings indicate that RA patients have not experienced improvements in survival over the period.

The article presents a study which examined the relationship between glucocorticoid exposure and cardiovascular (CV) events in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Results showed that rheumatoid factor (RF)-negative patients with exposure to glucocorticoids were not at increased risk of CV events. According to the authors, the findings suggest that glucocorticoids interact with RF status to modulate the occurrence of CV events in patients with RA.