RA patients at higher risk of death, rehospitalization after heart attack: Study
Finland: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients are at a higher risk for long-term poor outcomes following a heart attack (myocardial infarction), a recent study in the journal Rheumatology has revealed.
Antti Palomäki, Department of Medicine, University of Turku, Turku, Finland, and colleagues aimed to investigate the long-term outcomes of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) after myocardial infarction (MI).
For the purpose, the researchers conducted a multicenter, nationwide, cohort register study in Finland. They retrospectively compared all-comer, real-life MI patients with RA (n = 1614, mean age 74 years) to propensity score (1:5) matched MI patients without RA (n = 8070).
The impact of RA duration and the usage of corticosteroids and antirheumatic drugs on RA patients' outcomes were also studied. The median follow-up was 7.3 years.
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