Risk of cardiac and vascular morbidity in ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV): A large-scale propensity-matched global retrospective cohort study

Introduction: Following diagnosis, the main causes of death in ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) are active vasculitis and infections during the first year and cardiovascular disease, malignancies and infections during subsequent years. Population-based database and cohort analyses suggest an increased [for full text, please go to the a.m. URL]