RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Cardiovascular disease – the silent killer in rheumatoid arthritis JF Clinical Medicine JO Clin Med FD Royal College of Physicians SP 384 OP 387 DO 10.7861/clinmedicine.8-4-384 VO 8 IS 4 A1 Namita Kumar A1 David J Armstrong YR 2008 UL http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/8/4/384.abstract AB Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a multi-system disease with high rates of morbidity and mortality. In recent years, there has been increasing focus on the growing rates of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in RA, over and above expected levels allowing for ‘traditional’ risk factors. In this paper the impact of CVD in RA, the relative contributions of traditional risk factors and novel risk factors (including homocysteine, oxidised low-density lipoprotein, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein and leptin), and the need to address cardiovascular risk in the fight against premature death from coronary artery and stroke disease in RA are discussed.