Review Article

Burden of Coronary Artery Disease and Peripheral Artery Disease: A Literature Review

Table 1

Clinical burden of CAD.

Smolderen 2012Smolderen 2012Smolderen 2010

CountryFranceGermanyCanada
ConditionCADCADCAD
RegistryREACHREACHREACH
Cohort size247335101362
Age (mean)69.168.068.3
Non-fatal events
(per 1000 patients)
 Non-fatal stroke24.029.58.1
 TIA8.417.26.6
 Non-fatal MI20.417.59.6
 Unstable angina49.2102.339.8
 CHF46.164.214.0
 CABG8.427.819.2
 PCI/Stenting55.084.729.5

Event rates per 1000 patients over 2 years.
Event rates per 100 patients over 1 year.
CABG, coronary artery bypass grafting; CAD, coronary artery disease; CHF, chronic heart failure; MI, myocardial infarction; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; TIA, transient ischemic attack; REACH, Reduction of Atherothrombosis for Continued Health.