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Abstract
Evaluation of: Holmqvist ME, Wedrén S, Jacobsson LT et al. Rapid increase in myocardial infarction risk following diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis amongst patients diagnosed between 1995 and 2006. J. Intern. Med. 268(6), 578–585 (2010).
There is an ongoing debate as to when increased cardiovascular risk of patients with rheumatoid arthritis actually begins. In the article under evaluation, the authors investigate the incidence of cardiovascular disease, particularly myocardial infarction, in a well-defined inception cohort of rheumatoid arthritis patients in comparison to the general population. The results indicate that the increased cardiovascular risk is already present at disease onset, underscoring the need for cardiovascular risk management for all rheumatoid arthritis patients.
Financial & competing interests disclosure
During the last 5 years Michael T Nurmohamed has been on (ad hoc) advisory boards and received lecture fees. The institution where Michael T Nurmohamed is currently employed received unrestricted grants and Michael T Nurmohamed received partial sponsoring for congress attendance from Pfizer, Wyeth, MSD, Scheringh-Plough, Novartis, UCB, Abbott, Roche and BMS. The author has no other relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript apart from those disclosed.
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