No Increased Rate of Acute Myocardial Infarction or Stroke Among Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis—A Retrospective Cohort Study Using Routine Data

To examine if people with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) are at higher risk of acute myocardial infarction (MI) or stroke compared to those without AS.Primary care records were linked with all hospital admissions and deaths caused by MI or stroke in Wales for the years 1999-2010. The linked data were then stratified by AS diagnosis and survival analysis was used to obtain the incidence rate of MI and separately cerebrovascular disease (CVD)/stroke....