Why the study?
Does oral glucocorticoid use increase the risk of acute myocardial infarction in patients with rheumatoid arthritis?
Does oral glucocorticoid use increase the risk of acute myocardial infarction in patients with rheumatoid arthritis?
Oral glucocorticoid use in rheumatoid arthritis is associated with an increased risk of acute myocardial infarction, driven by both immediate dosage effects and long-term cumulative exposure.
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May warrant minimizing glucocorticoid exposure in RA; leaves open causality and confounding by disease severity.
Aviña‐Zubieta et al. (2012) studied this question.
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