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Study Title
Secondary:
To identify the Main Clinical Variables associated with a higher risk of PAD among this
population
To evaluate the therapeutic management of these patients
To train Cardiologists to measure Ankle / Brachial Index (ABI) in order to improve diagnosis of
PAD
Inclusion Criteria: patients > 40 years admitted in hospital with diagnosis of Acute
Coronary Syndrome or outpatients after an ACS (within last 6 months), ambulatory
checked; informed consent signed
Exclusion Criteria: patients < 40 years; patients who did not sign the informed consent
form; patients enrolled in other studies
Summary:
Comment [EP9]: Arial,14,Bold
Population studied:
patients, with the following gender distribution:
% male and
% female and with mean age of
years (
years in male group, respective
years in female one).
Cardiovascular risk factors
Cardiovascular risk factors
Count Column N %
Hypertension
Diabetes mellitus
Dyslipemia
No
........
Yes
........
No
........
Yes
........
No
........
Yes
........
No
........
Yes
........
No
........
Yes
........
........ ........
........
Missing
........ ........
........
Mean value
........ ........
........
ABI 0.9
........
........
Total
........
........
Missing
Total
100 100.0%
of them
years.
........
........
........
Total
........
Missing
........
Total
100 100.0%
Frequency Percent
Acetylsalicylic acid +
Thienopyridine
........
Thienopyridine
........
Acetylsalicylic acid
........
Acetylsalicylic acid +
Thienopyridine + Others
........
No treatment
........
Thienopyridine + Others
........
........
Others
........
Total
100 100.0%
Myocardial infarction
Stroke / TIA
No
........
Yes
........
No
........
Yes
........
No
........
Yes
........
% of the major cardiovascular events (vascular death, myocardial infarction and stroke/TIA)
occurred during the 6 months of follow up in the group of patients with ABI values < 0.9 and only
% in those with normal ABI values.
Conclusions:
The prevalence of Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) based on ABI measurement in the cohort
of 100 patients admitted to hospital with diagnostic of ACS or outpatients after an ACS (within
last 6 months), ambulatory checked was of
%(
patients with ABI values < 0.9). ABI
measurement is also considered as a generalized atherosclerotic marker that may allow
identifying patients at high risk for developing cardio or cerebrovascular events: on top of the
patients with ABI values lower than 0.9 there were those ones with ABI values > 1.4 (
%)
indicating arterial stiffness and, as already mentioned, risk of major cardiovascular events.
The main variables associated with a higher risk of PAD that have been identified among this
population were the following risk factors: hypertension, diabetes mellitus, present smoking or
history of smoking and history of cardiovascular diseases (p values of statistical significance are
illustrated below):
Risk factors
Odds Ratio
(95%CI)
X2
X2
uncorrected
used
p-value
Hypertension
........
........
Diabetes mellitus
........
........
Smoking
........
........
Dyslipemia
........
........
History CV
disease
........
........
The logistic regression calculation (taking into account all these risk factors simultaneously)
identified that hypertension, diabetes mellitus, present smoking or history of smoking,
dyslipemia as well as history of cardiovascular disease are all risk factors with major impact on
Peripheral Arterial Disease induction.
% of the major cardiovascular events (vascular death, myocardial infarction and stroke/TIA)
occurred during the 6 months of follow up in the group of patients with ABI values < 0.9 and only
% in those with normal ABI values.
% of the patients were on antiplatelet treatment at the inclusion visit:
% acetylsalicylic
acid,
% thienopyridine and
% others, as monotherapy or in combinations.
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.- 2014......................................