Hélène Greigert, Marianne Zeller, Alain Putot, Eric Steinmetz, Béatrice Terriat, Maud Maza, Nicolas Falvo, Géraldine Muller, Louis Arnould, Catherine Creuzot-Garcher, André Ramon, Laurent Martin, Georges Tarris, Tibor Ponnelle, Sylvain Audia, Bernard Bonnotte, Yves Cottin, Maxime Samson
BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular risk is increased in giant cell arteritis (GCA). We aimed to characterize myocardial infarction (MI) in a GCA cohort, and to compare the GCA and non-GCA population affected by MI. METHODS: In patients with a biopsy-proven diagnosis of GCA between 1 January 2001 and 31 December 2016 in Côte D'Or (France), we identified patients with MI by crossing data from the territorial myocardial infarction registry (Observatoire des Infarctus de Côte d'Or) database...
July 2021: European Journal of Internal Medicine