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ReviewTrends in cardiovascular medicine2017

Cardiovascular disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Katherine P Liao

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Review in Trends in cardiovascular medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 61 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
61citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
6.9field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

61 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 107 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Myocardial infarction in rheumatic diseases.Rheumatology international · 2025
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  6. Subclinical left ventricular dysfunction in rheumatoid arthritis: findings from the prospective Porto-RA cohort.Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society · 2025
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  15. KLF transcription factors in bone diseases.Journal of cellular and molecular medicine · 2024
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  18. JAK-Inhibitors - A Story of Success and Adverse Events.Open access rheumatology : research and reviews · 2024
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1 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Katherine P LiaoDivision of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Brigham and Women׳s Hospital, 75 Francis St, PBB-B3, Boston, MA 02115. Electronic address: kliao@partners.org.
Brigham and Women's Hospital · US

Funding

Lipids, Inflammation, and Cardiovascular Risk in Rheumatoid ArthritisR01HL127118 · NHLBI · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI LIAO, KATHERINE PHOENIX · 2016 to 2020
$4.1M
Genetic Risk Factors for Coronary Artery Disease in Rheumatoid ArthritisK08AR060257 · NIAMS · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI LIAO, KATHERINE PHOENIX · 2011 to 2015
$649k
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL127118NIAMS NIH HHS K08 AR060257
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is 1.5-2-fold higher than age- and sex-matched individuals from the general population. This excess risk is attributed to the systemic chronic inflammation which is a hallmark of RA. Challenges to optimizing CV risk management in RA include the need for improved methods to predict CV risk, and defining the target risk factor(s) to reduce CV risk. Lessons learned from RA studies can also inform CV risk prevention in the general population, where inflammation also has an important role in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis.

Indexed as

Arthritis, RheumatoidBiomarkersCardiovascular DiseasesHumansInflammation MediatorsLipidsPrognosisRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsBiomarkersInflammation MediatorsLipidsCardiovascular diseaseInflammationLipidsLipoproteinsRheumatoid arthritis

Identifiers

PMID27612551
PMCPMC5253086
OpenAlexW2483443548

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