Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học General Psychiatry cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: Rheumatologists, take heart! We may be doing something right. | Available online http content 10 2 105 Editorial Rheumatologists take heart We may be doing something right Ronald F van Vollenhoven Rheumatology Unit the Karolinska Institute Department of Rheumatology The Karolinska University Hospital Reumatologen D2-1 17176 Stockholm Sweden Corresponding author Ronald F van Vollenhoven Published 7 March 2008 Arthritis Research Therapy 2008 10 105 doi ar2364 This article is online at http content 10 2 105 2008 BioMed Central Ltd See related research by Naranjo et al. http content 10 2 R30 Abstract In the present issue of Arthritis Research Therapy data are presented suggesting that antirheumatic therapies decrease the risk of cardiovascular disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. The QUEST-RA group a large international collaboration analyzed data on 4 363 patients in a cross-sectional manner. Traditional risk factors were all significantly associated with cardiovascular events and the presence of extraarticular disease significantly increased the risk confirming a previous publication. The most interesting analysis in this study suggests that effective antirheumatic treatment with traditional disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs DMARDs glucocorticoids or anti-TNF biologics reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease in rheumatoid arthritis. Some methodological issues are discussed however and confirmatory studies are suggested. Patients with rheumatoid arthritis RA are at increased risk for cardiovascular disease. It is not yet known if antirheumatic treatments can modulate this risk in a favorable manner. In the present issue of Arthritis Research Therapy Naranjo and colleagues present data suggesting antirheumatic treatments do modulate this increased risk 1 . The authors present on behalf of the QUEST-RA group a large international collaboration involving 48 rheumatologists in 15 countries. Data were collected on
