Clinical Study Report: Prevalence of Peripheral Arterial Disease in Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients
Clinical Study Report: Prevalence of Peripheral Arterial Disease in Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients
Clinical Study Report: Prevalence of Peripheral Arterial Disease in Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients
Study Title
Objectives:
Primary:
To evaluate the prevalence of Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) in patients admitted in
hospital with diagnosis of ACS or outpatients after an ACS (within last 6 months),
ambulatory checked.
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
Evaluated:
ABI (Cut-off for PAD 0,9)
Epidemiological data:
atherothromotic risk factors
cardiovascular previous events
treatments prescribed at visit 1 (by therapeutic class)
Population studied: 100 patients, with the following gender distribution: 64 % male and 36 %
female with mean age of 65.23 years ( 62.81 years in male group, respective 69.53 years in
female one).
Acetylsalicylic acid 7 7%
Acetylsalicylic acid +
6 6%
Thienopyridine + Others
No treatement 1 1%
Thienopyridine + Others 3 3%
Others 0 0%
100% of the major cardiovascular events (vascular death, myocardial infarction and
stroke/TIA) occured during the 6 months of follow up in the group of patients with ABI values <
0.9 and only 0% 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 moths), ambulatory checked was of 70% (70 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 ( 0%)
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 where the following risk factors: hypertention, diabetes mellitus, present smoking or
history of smoking and history of cardiovascular diseases (p values of statistical sighificance
are illustrated bellow):
Diabetes 1.34 (0.52 – 3.47) 1.23 (0.61 – 2.48) 0.36 0.13 0.9867
mellitus
Smoking 0.26 (0.09 – 0.71) 0.65 (0.49 – 0.86) 7.40 6.25 0.0171
Dyslipemia 0.48 (0.12 – 0.85) 0.91 (0.77 – 1.06) 1.17 0.61 0.5566
History CV 0.60 (0.25 – 0.42) 0.80 (0.56 – 1.14) 1.37 0.91 0.2204
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
Pepheral Arterial Disease induction.
100% of the major cardiovascular events (vascular death, myocardial infarction and
stroke/TIA) occured during the 6 months of follow up in the group of patients with ABI values <
0.9 and only 0% in those with normal ABI values.
99% of the patients were on antiplatelet treatement at the inclussion visit: 82% acetylsalicylic
acid, 92% thienopyridine and 9% others, as monotherapy or in combinations.