ReviewNature reviews. Rheumatology2011
Epidemiology of CVD in rheumatic disease, with a focus on RA and SLE.
Review in Nature reviews. Rheumatology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 164 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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164 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 413 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine are associated with reduced cardiovascular risk: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Drug design, development and therapy · 2018Pooled it
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- Inflammatory cytokines and risk of coronary heart disease: new prospective study and updated meta-analysis.European heart journal · 2014 · on this mapPooled it
- Smartphone-Assisted High-Intensity Interval Training in Inflammatory Rheumatic Disease Patients: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2021Trial
- A Multicenter, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Atorvastatin for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis.Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2019Trial
- Impact of a nurse-led programme on comorbidity management and impact of a patient self-assessment of disease activity on the management of rheumatoid arthritis: results of a prospective, multicentre, randomised, controlled trial (COMEDRA).Annals of the rheumatic diseases · 2015Trial
- Trends in cardiovascular mortality related to rheumatoid arthritis among U.S. adults, 1999-2023.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Article
- Lupus nephritis and its association with subclinical myocardial alterations in systemic lupus erythematosus assessed by cardiovascular magnetic resonance.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Article
- Age-associated B-cells across the rheumatoid arthritis continuum: from early immunopathogenesis to comorbidities.Frontiers in aging · 2026Review
- Patterns and risk of cardiovascular disease in rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis: a nationwide cohort study in the UK.Rheumatology advances in practice · 2026Article
- Immunopathogenesis of accelerated atherosclerosis in systemic lupus erythematosus: from innate and adaptive dysregulation to clinical implications.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Cardiovascular Disease and Risk Factors among Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis in a Tertiary Government Hospital in the Philippines.Acta medica Philippina · 2026Article
- Sex differences in mortality after percutaneous coronary intervention: a contemporary nationwide registry and prospective cohort analysis.Annals of translational medicine · 2025Article
- Imbalances in circulating monocyte and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol exacerbates the residual risk of incident myocardial infarction beyond LDL-C: a real-life, prospective cohort study.Journal of translational medicine · 2025Article
- Exploration of Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Retrospective Study.Inflammation · 2025Article
- Study of rheumatoid arthritis in older patients: a cross-sectional study.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Clinical characteristics and risk factors of cardiovascular disease in systemic lupus erythematosus patients.Heart and vessels · 2025Article
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Abstract
The excess risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) associated with inflammatory rheumatic diseases has long been recognized. Patients with established rheumatoid arthritis (RA) or systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have higher mortality compared with the general population. Over 50% of premature deaths in RA are attributable to CVD. Excess mortality in SLE follows a bimodal pattern, with the early peak predominantly a consequence of active lupus or its complications, and the later peak largely attributable to atherosclerosis. Patients with RA or SLE are also at increased risk of nonfatal ischemic heart disease. The management and outcome of myocardial infarction and congestive heart failure in patients with RA or SLE differs from that in the general population. Traditional CVD risk factors (TRF) include increasing age, male gender, smoking, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia and diabetes. Whereas some TRFs are elevated in patients with RA or SLE, several are not, and others exhibit paradoxical relationships. Risk scores developed for the general population based on TRFs are likely, therefore, to underestimate CVD risk in RA and SLE. Until additional research and disease-specific risk prediction tools are available, current evidence supports aggressive treatment of disease activity, and careful screening for and management of TRFs.
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