Cardiovascular risk factor control and outcomes in peripheral artery disease patients in the Reduction of Atherothrombosis for Continued Health (REACH) Registry

Patrice P Cacoub, Maria Teresa B Abola, Iris Baumgartner, Deepak L Bhatt, Mark A Creager, Chiau-Suong Liau, Shinya Goto, Joachim Röther, P Gabriel Steg, Alan T Hirsch, Helle Klingenberg Iversen, REACH Registry Investigators

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Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To examine differences in risk factor (RF) management between peripheral artery disease (PAD) and coronary artery (CAD) or cerebrovascular disease (CVD), as well as the impact of RF control on major 1-year cardiovascular (CV) event rates. METHODS: The REACH Registry recruited >68000 outpatients aged >or=45 years with established atherothrombotic disease or >or=3 RFs for atherothrombosis. The predictors of RF control that were evaluated included: (1) patient demographics, (2) mode of PAD diagnosis, and (3) concomitant CAD and/or CVD. RESULTS: RF control was less frequent in patients with PAD (n=8322), compared with those with CAD or CVD (but no PAD, n=47492) [blood pressure; glycemia; total cholesterol; smoking cessation (each P
Original languageEnglish
JournalAtherosclerosis
Volume204
Issue number2
Pages (from-to)e86-92
ISSN0021-9150
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jun 2009

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Helle Klingenberg Iversen er med i Study Group. Tilføjet manuelt i PURE

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