ACR Meeting Abstracts
Abstract Number: 1653 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
Jon T. Giles1, Katherine Liao2, Nina Paynter3, Alyssa Wohlfahrt4, Afshin Zartoshti5, Rachel Broderick6, Daniel H. Solomon7 and Joan Bathon6, 1Division of Rheumatology, Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY, 2Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 3Medicine, Harvard University, Boston, MA, 4Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 5Rheumatology, Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York city, NY, 6Rheumatology, Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY, 7Division of Rheumatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis is associated with an excess cardiovascular disease (CVD) burden. Fewer CVD events associated with specific DMARD therapies have been reported; however, causal…