Cardiovascular Comorbidities in Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases

Patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases experience higher cardiovascular morbidity and mortality compared with age- and gender-matched individuals in the general population. Those include atherosclerotic, ischemic complications as well as nonatherosclerotic events, such as venous thromboembolism, myocardial involvement, and heart failure. Disease flares and high cumulative inflammatory burden are characteristic of the systemic autoimmune diseases and constitute major, independent contributors to cardiovascular comorbidity.
Source: Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America - Category: Rheumatology Authors: Tags: Preface Source Type: research