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.