Comparing inflammatory cell density in the myocardium and coronary arteries in rheumatoid arthritis patients versus controls with myocardial infarction: A post-mortem case-control study

Int J Cardiol. 2016 Apr 15:209:74-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.02.065. Epub 2016 Feb 3.

¹ Department of Rheumatology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Centre | Reade, Dokter Jan van Breemenstraat 2, 1056, AB, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Rheumatology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Centre | VU University Medical Centre, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081, HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Internal Medicine, Medical Centre Alkmaar, Wilhelminalaan 12, 1815, JD, Alkmaar, The Netherlands. Electronic address: I.A.M.vanden.Oever@mca.nl.
² Department of Rheumatology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Centre | Reade, Dokter Jan van Breemenstraat 2, 1056, AB, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Rheumatology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Centre | VU University Medical Centre, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081, HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
³ Department of Pathology and Cardiac Surgery, ICaR-VU, VU University Medical Centre, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081, HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Rheumatology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Centre | VU University Medical Centre, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081, HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
⁵ Department of Internal Medicine, UMCM, P. Debyelaan 25, 6229, HX, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
⁶ Department of Internal Medicine, Medical Centre Alkmaar, Wilhelminalaan 12, 1815, JD, Alkmaar, The Netherlands.

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Keywords: Coronary disease; Inflammation; Myocardial infarction; Post-mortem; Rheumatoid arthritis.

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