Heart Disease

New data from U. Zeymer et al illuminate research in heart disease

Published in Blood Weekly, May 21st, 2009

"Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and coronary artery disease (CAD) are manifestations of the same underlying condition, atherothrombosis. We compared patients with PAD only with those having PAD and concomitant documented CAD in terms of characteristics, risk factors, treatment and prognosis," researchers in Ludwigshafen, Germany report.

"This is a subgroup analysis of the German cohort of the Reduction of Atherothrombosis for Continued Health (REACH) Registry. It includes 483 patients with PAD only, and 479 patients with PAD plus CAD. Patients with concomitant cerebrovascular disease were excluded. Symptomatic PAD was defined as intermittent claudication (IC),...

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Source: Blood Weekly (2009-05-21)

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