Artery Study Sets Estimate On Death Risk
People diagnosed with clogged arteries have a one-in-seven chance of dying, having a heart attack or stroke, or of being admitted to the hospital within a year, even if they feel fine researchers reported.
While arteries are well known to cause heart attacks or strokes, the study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association is the first to put such a precise number on the risk and to show how soon a life-threatening event may come.
The study sponsored by drug makers Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. and Sanofi-Aventis SA, looked a one-year follow-up data from a registry of 68, 236 international patients with either established disease or those who had at least three risk factors for developing clogged arteries, such as obesity, high blood pressure or diabetes.
It found that people with established disease overall have about a one-in-seven chance of death, heart attack or stroke or being hospitalized because of cardiovascular disease within one year. These patients are two to three times more likely to die or be hospitalized.
Patients who have clogged arteries in the legs, a condition known as peripheral artery disease, have a one-in-five chance of dying, having a heart attack or stroke or being hospitalized. That risk doubles for patients who have clogged arteries in more than one location of the body, such as the heart, brain or legs.
Reader beware, the pharmaceutical companies did this study. That means more drugs for the consumer.
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