Dr. Roubille, et al reply

To the Editor: We thank Castaneda, et al 1 for their comments on our article2. We do support comorbidity management in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriatic arthritis (PsA), and psoriasis (PsO) in daily practice to ensure optimal care and outcomes, and completely agree with the recently published Spanish recommendations3. Given that patients with RA have increased risk of cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and mortality4, CV monitoring appears critical. In the CARMA (CARdiovascular in rheuMAtology) study, Castaneda, et al 5 reported that patients with RA, PsA, and PsO had higher prevalence of CV events while receiving biological therapy despite being in low disease activity for almost half of the patients. Notably, almost half of the patients also received nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs and/or glucocorticoids (patients with RA), which may have increased CV risk6. Regardless of the other confounding factors, these data reinforce the importance of CV monitoring and … Address correspondence to Dr. C. Roubille, University of Montreal Hospital Research Center (CRCHUM), Notre-Dame Hospital, Montreal, Quebec H2L 1S6, Canada. E-mail: camille.roubille{at}gmail.com