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Article: Mayo Clinic Finds Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients at Higher Risk for Unrecognized Heart Disease and Cardiac Sudden Death.
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- February 2, 2005
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Byline: Mayo Clinic
ROCHESTER, Minn., Feb. 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- People with rheumatoid arthritis not only have a higher risk of coronary heart disease than those in the general population, but they have more silent, unrecognized heart attacks and sudden cardiac deaths, according to a Mayo Clinic study published in the February issue of Arthritis & Rheumatism (http://www.rheumatology.org/publications/ar). They are also much less likely to complain of chest pain.
The increased heart disease risk may be present even before the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis, according to the researchers. During the two years before diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis, ...