cardiovascular disease and epidemiologic methods Archives

Abstract Number: 833 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2013
Cardiovascular Diseases In Rheumatoid Arthritis: Can Early Treatment With Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs Alter The Risk?
Rishi Desai¹, Jaya Rao², Richard Hansen³, Gang Fang⁴, Matthew Maciejewski⁵ and Joel Farley⁴, ¹Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ²Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, ³Harrison School of Pharmacy, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, ⁴University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁵Duke University, Durham, NC
Background/Purpose: Atherosclerosis is known to be accelerated in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients resulting in an increased cardiovascular (CV) risk. Structural damage to joints occurs aggressively…

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