High prevalence of occult heart disease in normotensive patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
Giovanni CioffiFederica OgnibeniAndrea DalbeniAlessandro GiolloGiovanni OrsoliniDavide GattiMaurizio RossiniOmbretta ViapianaPublished in: Clinical cardiology (2018)
Despite normotensive status, a consistent proportion of RA patients analyzed in primary prevention have cardiac abnormalities detectable by echocardiography. LVSD is a strong prognosticator of adverse outcome at midterm period in these patients.