Gunnar Tomasson, Christine Peloquin, Aladdin Mohammad, Thorvardur J Love, Yuqing Zhang, Hyon K Choi, Peter A Merkel
BACKGROUND: Involvement of large arteries is well-documented in giant-cell arteritis (GCA), but the risk for cardiovascular events is not well-understood. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the risks for incident myocardial infarction (MI), cerebrovascular accident (CVA), and peripheral vascular disease (PVD) in individuals with incident GCA in a general population context. DESIGN: Observational cohort study. SETTING: U.K. primary care database...
January 21, 2014: Annals of Internal Medicine