TY - JOUR T1 - The Increased Risk of Thromboembolic Events in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis JF - The Journal of Rheumatology JO - J Rheumatol DO - 10.3899/jrheum.190899 SP - jrheum.190899 AU - Raquel Arànega Gonzalez AU - Jordi Juanola Pla AU - Concepción Falga Tirado AU - Carlos Lopera Marmol AU - M. Pilar Ortega Castillo AU - Ana Lafont Ruzafa Y1 - 2019/11/01 UR - http://www.jrheum.org/content/early/2019/10/28/jrheum.190899.abstract N2 - We read with great interest the article published in The Journal by Luque Ramos, et al1, in which the comorbidities of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are detailed, explaining specifically the thromboembolic processes. The authors mentioned that the risk was double in patients with RA compared to controls. We present 2 cases in which the diagnosis of pulmonary thromboembolism was made in patients whose only known risk factor was RA. ER -