Namita Kumar

Ischaemic Heart Disease In RA, their siblings and OA

A case controlled study

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Produktbeschreibung

Ischaemic heart disease (IHD) is a significant health problem and is the major cause of death in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). It is not clear why RA patients should be more at risk. We studied a cohort of patients with longstanding RA, their same sex siblings and osteoarthritis (OA) controls. The aim was to identify and compare the prevalence of IHD in these 3 populations and if there were any cardiovascular risk factors that may be responsible for any differences found.We found that RA patients died most often of IHD, but unexpectedly so did the OA patients. There was no difference in the prevalence of IHD between the 3 groups. There was also little difference in traditional risk factors between these groups, and subsequent calculations of cardiovascular risk. Factors that are shared between OA and RA subjects should be considered as potential causes.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 164
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. März 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 262g
• ISBN-13: 9783838349879
• ISBN-10: 3838349873
• Artikelnr.: 39965403

Autorenporträt

Dr Namita Kumar MBChB MMEd MD FRCP Consultant Physician and Rheumatologist Postgraduate and undergraduate tutor Honoraray clinical senior lecturer Qualified as a doctor in 1993. During specialist registrar training completed a Masters of Medical Education. Involved nationally in regulating postgraduate medical education through PMETB.