Scientific Publications

The ATACC-RA has published the following articles in peer-reviewed journals: 

• Impact of risk factors associated with cardiovascular outcomes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Crowson CS, Rollefstad S, Ikdahl E, Kitas GD, van Riel PLCM, Gabriel SE, Matteson EL, Kvien TK, Douglas K, Sandoo A, Arts E, Wållberg-Jonsson S, Innala L, Karpouzas G, Dessein PH, Tsang L, El-Gabalawy H, Hitchon C, Ramos VP, Yáñez IC, Sfikakis PP, Zampeli E, Gonzalez-Gay MA, Corrales A, Laar MV, Vonkeman HE, Meek I, Semb AG; A Trans-Atlantic Cardiovascular Consortium for Rheumatoid Arthritis (ATACC-RA). Ann Rheum Dis. 2017 Sep 6. pii: annrheumdis-2017-211735. doi: 10.1136/ annrheumdis-2017-211735. PMID: 28877868
• Challenges of developing a cardiovascular risk calculator for patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Crowson CS, Rollefstad S, Kitas GD, van Riel PL, Gabriel SE, Semb AG; A Trans-Atlantic Cardiovascular Risk Consortium for Rheumatoid Arthritis (ATACC-RA). PLoS One. 2017 Mar 23;12(3):e0174656. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone. 0174656. eCollection 2017. PMID: 28334012.
• Rheumatoid arthritis-specific cardiovascular risk scores are not superior to general risk scores: a validation analysis of patients from seven countries. Crowson CS, Gabriel SE, Semb AG, van Riel PLCM, Karpouzas G, Dessein PH, Hitchon C, Pascual-Ramos V, Kitas GD; Trans-Atlantic Cardiovascular Consortium for Rheumatoid Arthritis. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2017 Jul 1;56(7):1102-1110. doi: 10.1093/ rheumatology/kex038. PMID: 28339992

• Implementation of the EULAR cardiovascular risk management guideline in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: results of a successful collaboration between primary and secondary care. Weijers JM, Rongen-van Dartel SAA, Hoevenaars DMGMF, Rubens M, Hulscher MJEL, van Riel PLCM. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 2018;77:480-483.

Publications related to CVD and RA by the collaborators in the ATACC-RA consortium