Cardiology

General Rheumatology

Questions discussed in this category

How would you manage cardiac sarcoid with intolerance/contraindications to methotrexate, azathioprine, and mycophenolate/mycophenolic acid and that has proven refractory to adalimumab and infliximab as determined by PET?

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Is there utility in obtaining pericardial fluid autoimmune labs such as ANA or RF in patients with recurrent idiopathic pericardial effusions, but no other clinical or serologic evidence of rheumatic disease?

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What is your approach to tapering therapy in a patient with recurrent pericarditis now well-controlled on rilonacept?

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Given the "LDL Paradox", in which RA patients with the highest levels of inflammation can have ultra-low levels of LDL (<70), how do you approach initiation of statin therapy in these patients?

Dr. Charles-Schoeman presented data at ACR 21 showing that, paradoxically, there is a U-shaped relationship between inflammation and LDL levels in pat...

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Papers discussed in this category

N Engl J Med, 2020 Nov 16

Phase 3 Trial of Interleukin-1 Trap Rilonacept in Recurrent Pericarditis.

International journal of cardiology. Heart & vasculature, 2021 Apr 29

Non-steroidal treatment of cardiac sarcoidosis: A systematic review.

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