Rheumatoid arthritis patients at higher risk for unrecognized heart disease and cardiac sudden death

People with rheumatoid arthritis not only have a higher risk of coronary heart disease than those in the general population, but they have more silent, unrecognized heart attacks and sudden cardiac deaths, according to a Mayo Clinic study published in the February issue of Arthritis & Rheumatism. They are also much less likely to complain o...

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