We are pleased to announce release of the first publication from the UK CARDIO-IMID Partnership. In this Nature Reviews Rheumatology article, authored by our core investigators, we summarise current concepts on the potentially targetable inflammatory mechanisms of cardiovascular pathology in rheumatic IMIDs and discuss how these concepts can be considered for the diagnosis and management of cardiovascular involvement across rheumatic IMIDs, with an emphasis on the potential of cardiovascular imaging for risk stratification, early detection and prognostication. The full article can be found here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41584-024-01149-x