Heart Failure Risk in Patients With Systemic Autoimmune Inflammatory Diseases
Patients with systemic sclerosis, systemic lupus erythematosus, and rheumatoid arthritis had increased risk of incident HF independent of traditional risk factors, indicating an underlying autoimmune mechanism of cardiac involvement. Beta-blocker use was associated with decreased incident HF, indicating a potentially cardioprotective effect in SAIDs.
Authors
- Alexia Zagouras (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0899-0910)
- Pieter Martens
- W. H. Wilson Tang
Institutions
- Cleveland Clinic (US)
- Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg (BE)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American Heart Association
- Published
- 2026-01-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1161/jaha.124.039155
- Primary Topic
- Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00