Double threat: Deadly lung disease also linked to heart attacks

Saturday, December 6, 2008 - 07:49 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 analysed the risk of cardiovascular disease in nearly 1,000 patients with IPF and more than 3,500 matched controls...

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