Trends in Incidence of Chronic Heart Failure in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Population-Based Study Validating Different Heart Failure Definitions

¹E. Myasoedova, MD, PhD, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, and Division of Epidemiology, Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA;
²R.D. Kurmann, MD, Division of Cardiology, Heart Center, Luzerner Kantonsspital, Lucerne, Switzerland, and Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Division of Circulatory Failure, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA;
³S.J. Achenbach, MS, Division of Clinical Trials and Biostatistics, Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA;
⁴K.Wright, MBBS, C.A. Arment, MD, J.M. Davis III, MD, MS, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA;
⁵S.M. Dunlay, MD, MS, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Division of Circulatory Failure, Mayo Clinic, and Division of Health Care Delivery Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA;
⁶C.S. Crowson, PhD, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, and Division of Clinical Trials and Biostatistics, Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.

Address correspondence to Dr. E. Myasoedova, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA. Email: Myasoedova.elena{at}mayo.edu.

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