Cardiovascular Risks and Risk Stratification in Inflammatory Joint Diseases: A Cross-Sectional Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It is well established that patients with inflammatory joint diseases (IJD) have an increased cardiovascular (CV) mortality and morbidity. According to the 2016 EULAR recommendations on CV risk management, rheumatologists should ensure appropriate management of CV risk in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and other IJDs. The aim was to assess the CV risk and CV disease in Middle-European patients with IJD.

Methods

A retrospective chart review was performed for CV risk factors and CV disease in outpatients of a rheumatology outpatient clinic. CV risk was assessed according to the 2016 European Guidelines on CV disease prevention and also using 2 other approaches to compare the results with data from Norwegian and Spanish cohorts.

Results

Out of 432 patients, the pre

SUBMITTER: Yagensky V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8904360 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature