Congestive heart failure contributes to excess deaths in rheumatoid arthritis
Jim Casey
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Mortality in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is higher than in the general population. Deaths caused directly by RA are rare; the additional deaths must, therefore, result from other conditions. It is not known, however, to what extent individual comorbidities contribute to excess mortality in patients with RA.
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