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Rheumatoid Arthritis and Acute Coronary Syndrome: Changing Clinical Presentation HS Natraj Setty Rahul S Patil Sumit Bhatnagar Animesh Guptha TR Raghu Jayashree Kharge BK Geetha CN Manjunath<p>Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic systemic inflammatory disease, Rheumatoid arthritis can affect the pericardium, myocardium, and endocardium. RA increases cardiovascular morbidity and mortality by accelerated atherosclerosis. Patients with RA are at a twofold increased risk for myocardial infarction and stroke. Rheumatoid arthritis is often complicated by thrombocytosis. Thrombocytosis usually occurs during the active clinical stages of RA. We report a 40 year old male who presented with sudden onset of back pain, neck pain and gum bleeding he was diagnosed to have Acute Anterior Wall Myocardial Infarction (AWMI) and successfully under went PCI to LAD with uneventful follow up.</p> International Journal of Vascular Surgery and Medicine - Peertechz Publications 2017-02-16 Case Report https://doi.org/10.17352/2455-5452.000021 en Copyright © HS Natraj Setty et al.