Double Threat: Deadly Lung Disease Also Linked To Heart Attacks

Friday, December 12, 2008 - 11:14 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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