Lipids, Inflammation, and CV Risk in RA

Exclusion Criteria

• •Patients on statin or PCSK9 inhibitor therapy
• •Corticosteroid therapy \>10mg prednisone or its equivalent as a maintenance treatment
• •Pregnancy
• •Unstable angina (chest pain) or shortness of breath
• •Severe valvular heart disease
• •Myocarditis
• •Pericarditis
• •Asthma with active wheezing
• •History of lymphoproliferative disease or melanoma (stage two or higher), active malignancy, or cancer treatment in the last 5 years
• •Active infectious disease (HIV, Tuberculosis, or Hepatitis B/C)