Diabetes mellitus and other cardiovascular risk factors in lower-extremity peripheral artery disease versus coronary artery disease: an analysis of 1,121,359 cases from the nationwide databases

Diabetes mellitus and other cardiovascular risk factors in lower-extremity peripheral artery disease versus coronary artery disease: an analysis of 1,121,359 cases from the nationwide databases

Abstract Background Lower-extremity peripheral artery disease (LE-PAD) and coronary artery disease (CAD) are both pathologically rooted in atherosclerosis, and their shared clinical features regarding the exposure to cardiovascular risk factors have been emphasized. However, comparative data of the...

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Main Authors: Mitsuyoshi Takahara, Osamu Iida, Shun Kohsaka, Yoshimitsu Soga, Masahiko Fujihara, Toshiro Shinke, Tetsuya Amano, Yuji Ikari, the J-EVT and J-PCI investigators
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-11-01
Series:Cardiovascular Diabetology
Subjects:
Cardiovascular risk factors
Peripheral artery disease
Coronary artery disease
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12933-019-0955-5

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