Prognostic significance of cerebrovascular disease in 11,526 chronic coronary artery disease patients. Bezafibrate Infarction Prevention (BIP) Study Group.
Patients with chronic CAD and a history of cerebrovascular events were compared with patients without prior cerebrovascular events to assess the effect of these events on 5-year prognosis. Despite adjustment for older age and higher comorbidity among patients who had experienced a cerebrovascular event, a history of such an event was associated with an increased risk of 1.86 for total mortality.
Reicher-Reiss
H
H
Neufeld Cardiac Research Institute, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel.
Jonas
M
M
Tanne
D
D
Mandelzweig
L
L
Goldbourt
U
U
Shotan
A
A
Boyko
V
V
Behar
S
S
D000368:Aged; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000401:mortality; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011379:Prognosis; D016019:Survival Analysis