Abstracts tagged "rheumatic disease and risk management"

Abstract Number: 1155 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018
A Collaborative Cardio-Rheumatology Clinic for Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases – a Descriptive Study
Shadi Akhtari¹, Paula Harvey¹, Micaela Jacobson², Shani Nagler³, Keith Colaco⁴ and Lihi Eder⁵, ¹Cardiology, Women's College Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ²Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ³Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁵Women's College Research Institute, University of Toronto, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Patients with inflammatory arthritis are at increased risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular (CV) disease. This has been under-recognized in clinical practice. Additionally, the current risk…