Patients with chronic gastrointestinal ischemia have a higher cardiovascular disease risk and mortality

We determined the prevalence of classical risk factors for atherosclerosis and mortality risk in patients with CGI.A case-control study was conducted. Patients referred with suspected CGI underwent a standard work-up including risk factors for atherosclerosis, radiological imaging of abdominal vessels and tonometry. Cases were patients with confirmed atherosclerotic CGI. Controls were healthy subjects previously not known with CGI. The mortality...