Magnetic Resonance Imaging–Detected Myocardial Inflammation and Fibrosis in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Associations With Disease Characteristics and N‐Terminal Pro–Brain Natriuretic Peptide Levels

Abstract

These data suggest that cardiac MRI findings indicating myocardial inflammation/fibrosis are correlated with RA disease activity and alterations in myocardial structure known to precede clinical HF.