Ischemic heart disease in patients from Northwest Spain with biopsy proven giant cell arteritis. A population based study. - Concepedia

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Ischemic heart disease in patients from Northwest Spain with biopsy proven giant cell arteritis. A population based study.

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2005

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Miguel Á. González‐Gay, Gerardo Rubiera, A. González Piñeiro, Carlos García‐Porrúa, Robustiano Pego‐Reigosa, Carlos González‐Juanatey, A Sánchez-Andrade, Javier Llorca

Abstract

Our observations suggest that mortality due to IHD in patients from Lugo with GCA is not much higher than that reported in the Spanish population aged 50 years and older. However, mortality in patients with GCA with IHD is higher than in GCA patients without IHD.