Ultrasound May Detect Heart Disease Earlier in Arthritis Patients

<p>WEDNESDAY, Jun 6 (HealthDay News) — A special form of
ultrasound can detect <span>heart disease</span> early in people with rheumatoid
arthritis, according to a new study.</p>
<p>Patients with <span>rheumatoid arthritis</span> are during increasing risk for heart
disease, and it is critical to be means to mark a illness during an early
stage and start diagnosis before it progresses to a indicate where a
patient is during risk for a <span>heart attack</span> or <span>heart failure</span>, a researchers
from a <span>Mayo Clinic</span> in Rochester, Minn., explained.</p>
<p>Diagnostic methods ordinarily used by doctors, however, often
underestimate a grade of heart risk in these patients.</p>
<p>“The plea we’ve had in a studies — and other people have had as
well — is identifying patients with rheumatoid arthritis early adequate so
we can intervene, before a symptoms turn clinically ap...