TY - JOUR T1 - The Increased Risk of Thromboembolic Events in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis JF - The Journal of Rheumatology JO - J Rheumatol SP - 160 LP - 160 DO - 10.3899/jrheum.190899 VL - 47 IS - 1 AU - RAQUEL ARÀNEGA GONZALEZ AU - JORDI JUANOLA PLA AU - CONCEPCIÓN FALGA TIRADO AU - CARLOS LOPERA MARMOL AU - PILAR ORTEGA CASTILLO AU - ANA LAFONT RUZAFA Y1 - 2020/01/01 UR - http://www.jrheum.org/content/47/1/160.abstract N2 - To the Editor: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.It has been widely studied and shown that patients with systemic inflammatory diseases such as RA have a higher risk of mortality from cardiovascular diseases than the healthy population. However, it is postulated that chronic inflammation favors a procoagulant state, which leads to a higher incidence of thromboembolic diseases. This hypothesis has been shown retrospectively, assessing … Address correspondence to Dr. J. Juanola Pla, Pulmonology Department, Carretera de Cirera s/n, Consorci Sanitari del Maresme, Mataró, Barcelona CP 08304, Spain. E-mail: jjuanola{at}csdm.cat. ER -