Matthew Tattersall, DO, assistant professor (CHS), Cardiovascular Medicine, was featured in an article for Physician’s Weekly about the interconnections between asthma and cardiovascular disease. 

Dr. Tattersall led a research study that investigated whether late-onset asthma is associated with a higher risk of incident cardiovascular disease (CVD).

“Our study showed that patients with late-onset asthma were nearly 60% more likely than those without asthma to experience a CVD event, such as a heart attack, stroke, heart failure, angina, and/or cardiovascular-related death,” he said.

Resources:

• "Late-Onset Asthma & Cardiovascular Disease Risks," Physician's Weekly, April 7, 2017