Cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in primary Sjogren syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Arthritis Care & Research Mar 21, 2019
Beltai A, et al. - Researchers examined the relationship between primary Sjogren syndrome (pSS) and cardiovascular morbidity as well as mortality in this systematic review. They noticed a significant increase in risk for coronary morbidity, cerebrovascular morbidity, heart failure rate, and thromboembolic morbidity among pSS vs control population, but no increase in the risk of cardiovascular mortality. They suggested screening such candidates for cardiovascular comorbidities and to be considered for preventive interventions in a multidisciplinary strategy with cardiologists.
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