Is rheumatoid arthritis a risk factor for acute coronary syndrome also among individuals at elevated risk, such as individuals presenting with acute chest pain?

Per O SvenssonMiriam BergstromAndrea DiscacciatiLina LjungTomas JernbergMats FrickRickard LinderJohan Askling

Published in: RMD open (2021)

RA is a risk factor for ACS also among patients at the ED with chest pain. This association is not explained by traditional ACS risk factors, and most pronounced in patients with normal hs-cTnT and few other ACS risk factors, prompting particular ACS vigilance in this RA patient group.

Keyphrases

acute coronary syndrome
rheumatoid arthritis
risk factors
percutaneous coronary intervention
antiplatelet therapy
disease activity
case report
ankylosing spondylitis
emergency department
liver failure
interstitial lung disease
respiratory failure
systemic sclerosis
systemic lupus erythematosus