... RA.EditorialRheumatologists, take heart! We may be doing something rightRonald F van VollenhovenRheumatology Unit, the Karolinska Institute, Department of Rheumatology, The Karolinska University Hospital, Reumatologen ... clearly increased the risk ofcardiovascular events, confirming a previous publication byTuresson and colleagues [2].The real importance of this study, however, may lie in thefinal analysis, ... disease,coronary by-pass surgery, and stroke were included, but onlyif they occurred after RA had developed). The presence oftraditional risk factors was ascertained and, by comparingpatients...