Comparative mortality according to peripheral artery disease and coronary heart disease/stroke in the United States

A recent trial reported that patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) without coronary heart disease or stroke (CHD/stroke) had worse prognosis than those with CHD/stroke without PAD. However, community-based data are lacking. The purpose of this study was to compare mortality according to the status of PAD and CHD/stroke in the general population.

Source: Atherosclerosis - May 8, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: Kunihiro Matsushita, Yumin Gao, Yingying Sang, Shoshana H. Ballew, Maya Salameh, Matthew Allison, Elizabeth Selvin, Josef Coresh Source Type: research