[Cardiovascular diseases in rheumatoid arthritis].

Aim: To examine the significance of conventional cardiovascular factors of risk and immunoinflammatory markers in development of vascular atherosclerosis in rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

Material And Methods: Conventional cardiovascular risk factors were evaluated in 103 RA patients (85 females and 18 males, mean age 46.3 years, duration of the disease 75 months).