Association of rheumatoid arthritis with major adverse cardiovascular events despite normal myocardial perfusion imaging
Frohlich B, Pires J, Kyrakoulis I, Wright C, Csecs I, Ahmed A, Jones X, Jacobs M, Hinchcliff M, Miller E, Feher A. Association of rheumatoid arthritis with major adverse cardiovascular events despite normal myocardial perfusion imaging. American Journal Of Preventive Cardiology 2026, 29: 101624. DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpc.2026.101624.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
Myocardial perfusion imagingCoronary artery calcificationNormal myocardial perfusion imagingPerfusion imagingRheumatoid arthritisStress myocardial perfusion imagingPET myocardial perfusion imagingMedian Follow-UpReversible perfusion defectsDetect coronary artery calcificationHeart failure hospitalizationAssociated with higher riskMultivariate Cox regressionAdverse cardiovascular eventsNon-RA patientsAggressive preventive strategiesAssociation of rheumatoid arthritisLate revascularizationFailure hospitalizationCardiovascular-specific mortalityPerfusion defectsRA subgroupsCardiovascular comorbiditiesCardiovascular eventsAutoimmune diseases