Abstracts tagged "cerebrovascular disease and rheumatoid arthritis (RA)"

Abstract Number: 828 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Association between Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor Therapy and the Risk of Ischemic Stroke in Subjects with Rheumatoid Arthritis. Results From the British Society for Rheumatology Biologics Registers-Rheumatoid Arthritis (BSRBR-RA)
Audrey S. Low¹, Mark Lunt², Louise K. Mercer³, James B. Galloway⁴, Rebecca Davies⁵, Kath D. Watson¹, British Society for Rheumatology Biologics Register (BSRBR) control centre consortium³, Deborah P. Symmons¹, William G. Dixon⁶, Kimme L. Hyrich⁵ and On behalf of the BSRBR⁷, ¹Arthritis Research UK Epidemiology Unit, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ²Arthritis Research UK Epidemiology Unit, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom, ³Arthritis Research UK Centre for Epidemiology, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁴Arthritis Research UK Epidemiology Unit, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁵Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Arthritis Research UK Epidemiology Unit, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁶The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁷British Society for Rheumatology, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Subjects with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are at increased risk of cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and mortality, with some studies suggesting an increased risk of stroke…