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Should patients with RA be aggressively monitored for hypertension?

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boxed-textPanoulas VF et al. (2007) Prevalence and associations of hypertension and its control in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatology (Oxford) 46: 1477–1482

Prompt identification and appropriate control of hypertension is urgently needed to decrease the risk of cardiovascular disease in patients with RA

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