Cardiac involvement in rheumatoid arthritis: A cross-sectional study in Iran

Background: Cardiovascular disease is one of the extra-articular manifestations of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) that is the most common cause of death in these patients. So we decided to evaluate RA patients in terms of history, clinical examination, electrocardiography, and echocardiography to determi...

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Main Authors: Irandokht Shenavar Masooleh, Habib Zayeni, Asghar Haji-Abbasi, Manouchehr Azarpira, Ali Hadian, Amir Hassankhani, Banafsheh Ghavidel Parsa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-05-01
Series:Indian Heart Journal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0019483215003946