title: Cardiovascular disease risk scores in the current practice: which to use in rheumatoid arthritis?
abstract: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the highest prevalence disease in the general population (GP) and it accounts for 20 million deaths worldwide each year. Its prevalence is even higher in rheumatoid arthritis. Early detection of subclinical disease is critical and the use of cardiovascular risk prediction models and calculators is widely spread. The impact of such techniques in the GP was previously studied. Despite their common background and similarities, some disagreement exists between most scores and their importance in special high-risk populations like rheumatoid arthritis (RA), having a low level of evidence. The current article aims to single out those predictive models (models) that could be most useful in the care of rheumatoid arthritis patients.
authors.affiliation: Strasbourg Medical University; Internal Medicine Department, Civil Hospital, Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Purcarea
authors.affiliation: Internal Medicine Department, Civil Hospital, Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sovaila
authors.affiliation: Internal Medicine Department, Hospital Geomed-Klinik, Gerolzhofen, Germany.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gheorghe
authors.affiliation: "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy; Internal Medicine and Rheumatology Department,"Cantacuzino" Hospital, Bucharest, Romania.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Udrea
authors.affiliation: "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy; Internal Medicine and Rheumatology Department,"Cantacuzino" Hospital, Bucharest, Romania.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Stoica
mesh_terms: D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: cardiovascular disease; chronic inflammatory diseases; rheumatoid arthritis; risk prediction; risk scores