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Rheumatology 2006 45(Supplement 4):iv4-iv7; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kel313
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© The Author 2006. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Society for Rheumatology. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

The heart and cardiovascular manifestations in rheumatoid arthritis

A. E. Voskuyl

Department of Rheumatology, 4-A-42, VU University Medical Center, POB 9057, 1007 MB, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Correspondence to: Alexandre E. Voskuyl, MD, PhD, Department of Rheumatology, 4-A-42, VU University Medical Center, POB 9057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands. E-mail: ae.voskuyl{at}vumc.nl

Cardiovascular features in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are common. Among those are the classical extra-articular features that not only include pericarditis, cardiomyopathy/myocarditis, cardiac amyloidosis, coronary vasculitis, arrythmia and valve diseases, but also congestive heart failure and ischaemic heart disease which are found more frequently and are associated with an increased mortality compared with the general population. This overview discusses the epidemiological aspects of these cardiovascular diseases and their relevance for diagnosis and treatment of RA.


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