How much of the recent decline in rheumatic heart disease in China can be explained by changes in cardiovascular risk factors?

How much of the increased incidence of h

How much of the increased incidence of heart failure in rheumatoid arthritis is attributable to traditional cardiovascular risk factors and ischemic heart disease?

✍ Cynthia S. Crowson; Paulo J. Nicola; Hilal Maradit Kremers; W. Michael O'Fallon; 📂 Article 📅 2005 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 75 KB 👁 3 views

## Abstract ## Objective To compare the proportion of the risk for the development of heart failure (HF) that is attributable to traditional cardiovascular (CV) risk factors, ischemic heart disease (IHD), and alcohol abuse between subjects with and subjects without rheumatoid arthritis (RA). ## M