L.I. FEISKHANOVA, A.R. YUSUPOVA Kazan State Medical University, Kazan  Contact details: Feiskhanova L.I. ― PhD (medicine), Associate Professor of the Department of Hospital Therapy Address: 49 Butlerov Str., Kazan, Russian Federation, 420012, tel. +7-917-275-21-66, e-mail: ljuts@rambler.ru  The risk of cardiovascular disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is 1.5 times higher than the population average. […]