Double threat: Deadly lung disease also linked to heart attacks
Friday, December 5, 2008 - 11:07
in Health & Medicine
Patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) are three times as likely to experience severe coronary events—including heart attacks—than people without the disease, according to a recent study that analyzed the risk of cardiovascular disease in nearly 1,000 patients with IPF and more than 3,500 matched controls.
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