Association of Parkinson Disease With Risk of Cardiovascular Disease and All-Cause Mortality: A Nationwide, Population-Based Cohort Study.

Keywords: cardiovascular disease; heart failure; mortality; myocardial infarction; neurodegenerative disease; Parkinson disease; stroke EN cardiovascular disease heart failure mortality myocardial infarction neurodegenerative disease Parkinson disease stroke 1205 1207 3 04/20/20 20200407 NES 200407 Parkinson disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder and affects 1% to 3% of people aged >65 years. CVDs, such as myocardial infarction (MI), ischemic stroke, and congestive heart failure (CHF), are the most common medical conditions in older people. Hazard ratios of acute myocardial infarction, ischemic stroke, congestive heart failure, and all-cause mortality in the Parkinson disease (PD) group compared with those in the non-PD group. [Extracted from the article]