Cardiovascular disease and polymyalgia rheumatica Archives

Abstract Number: 2990 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018
Do Polymyalgia Rheumatica Patients Have an Increased Risk of Cardiovascular Events?: A Matched-Control Study
Florencia Beatriz Mollerach¹, Marina Scolnik², Javier Rosa³, Nicolas Martin Marin Zucaro³ and Enrique R Soriano², ¹Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Service, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ²Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Service. Hospital Italiano Buenos Aires. Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ³Rheumatology Unit, Internal Medicine Service, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Capital Federal, Argentina
Background/Purpose: Cardiovascular (CV) risk in chronic inflammatory diseases is increased. Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) is an inflammatory condition that might have a prolonged course. Our objective…

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