Relationship between corticotherapy and increased cardiac risk in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

• Main Authors: Elisangela Gueiber Montes (Author), Fabiana Postiglione Mansani (Author), Marcelo Derbli Schafranski (Author), Alceu de Oliveira Toledo Júnior (Author), Lorena de Freitas Calixto (Author), Rômulo Lopes da Costa (Author), Rodrigo Luiz Staichak (Author), Francine Marques Pinto (Author), Juliane de Lara Berso (Author), Nicole Guimarães (Author), Marcos Noris Bernardes de Souza (Author), Bruno Queiroz Zardo (Author), José Carlos Rebuglio Vellosa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2021-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune inflammatory joint disease with global prevalence of 0.4% to 1.0%. Extra-articular manifestations increase its morbidity and severity, and cardiovascular diseases present the greatest risk. Therapeutic approaches have been used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, oft...