Preclinical carotid atherosclerosis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis is associated with increased morbidity and mortality due to cardiovascular disease. In this matched, cross-sectional study, patients with rheumatoid arthritis had a somewhat more favorable cardiovascular risk profile than the controls. Nonetheless, patients with rheumatoid arthritis had a much higher prevalence of preclinical atherosclerosis of the carotid artery than did the matched controls