OUTCOMES OF ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS: A POPULATION BASED RETROSPECTIVE STUDY

Authors :: Ahmed A Kolkailah
Parth V Desai
Tauseef Akhtar
Axi Patel
Smit Vasaiwala
Source :: Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 75:258
Publication Year :: 2020
Publisher :: Elsevier BV, 2020.
Abstract: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disorder known to cause premature atherosclerosis and coronary artery disorder. However, little is known about the impact of RA on the outcomes of acute myocardial infarction (AMI). We studied all adult patients with a primary diagnosis of AMI from

Subjects :: medicine.medical_specialty
Adult patients
business.industry
Retrospective cohort study
Population based
medicine.disease
medicine.anatomical_structure
Premature atherosclerosis
Internal medicine
Rheumatoid arthritis
medicine
In patient
cardiovascular diseases
Myocardial infarction
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
Artery

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