TY - JOUR T1 - Is the Gap in Incidence of Cardiovascular Events in Rheumatoid Arthritis Really Closing? JF - The Journal of Rheumatology JO - J Rheumatol DO - 10.3899/jrheum.210366 SP - jrheum.210366 AU - Joan M. Bathon Y1 - 2021/06/15 UR - http://www.jrheum.org/content/early/2021/06/10/jrheum.210366.abstract N2 - It has been recognized for several decades that individuals with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have shorter life spans than age- and sex-matched individuals without RA, and that the greatest contribution to this increased mortality in RA is cardiovascular (CV) disease, particularly acute myocardial infarctions (AMIs). In metaanalyses of observational studies, the risk of AMI was 68% higher, and the risk of mortality from AMI 59% higher, in patients with RA compared to general population controls.1,2 ER -