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ReviewCurrent cardiology reports2025

Cardiovascular Risk Factor and Atherosclerosis in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA).

Lakshmi Kattamuri, Shivangini Duggal, John Paul Aparece, Shrilekha Sairam

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Review in Current cardiology reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Lakshmi KattamuriDepartment of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, 4800 Alberta Ave, El Paso, TX, 79935, USA.
Shivangini DuggalDepartment of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, 4800 Alberta Ave, El Paso, TX, 79935, USA.
John Paul ApareceDepartment of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, 4800 Alberta Ave, El Paso, TX, 79935, USA.
Shrilekha SairamDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech Health Sciences Center El Paso, Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, El Paso, TX, USA. Shrilekha.sairam@ttuhsc.edu.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewTo highlight advancements in managing traditional and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) specific risk factors and the impact of RA treatments on cardiovascular outcomes. RECENT

findingsAdvancements in rheumatoid arthritis management have paralleled declining trends in cardiovascular disease risks. Biomarkers like CRP, Lipoprotein(a), Apolipoprotein B 100, and imaging tools such as coronary artery calcium scoring enhance cardiovascular risk stratification, particularly in intermediate-risk RA patients. While effective RA treatments, have demonstrated substantial cardiovascular benefits, subclass differences were noted in high-risk patients. Increased risk of cardiovascular disease is driven by chronic inflammation, altered lipid metabolism, and traditional risk factors. Effective RA treatment significantly lowers cardiovascular events. Standard treatment of hypertension, diabetes and hypercholesterolemia are effective and lowers RA disease activity and inflammatory markers. While RA is considered a risk enhancing state in calculating CV risk scores, currently there exists no RA disease -specific blood pressure, blood sugar or lipid targets.

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Arthritis, RheumatoidAtherosclerosisCardiovascular DiseasesAntirheumatic AgentsBiomarkersHeart Disease Risk FactorsHumansRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsAntirheumatic AgentsBiomarkersAtherosclerosisCardiovascular riskHypertensionLipidLipoprotein (a)Rheumatoid arthritisTNF-alpha

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