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The aim of the international Reduction of Atherothrombosis for Continued Health (REACH) registry was to identify prospectively characteristics, risk factors, treatments, and cardiovascular event rates in stable outpatients with atherothrombotic disease, as well as in asymptomatic patients with risk factors for atherothrombotic disease. ⋯ The traditional risk factors are common in patients with coronary heart disease, cerebrovascular disease (stroke and/or transient ischemic attack), or peripheral arterial occlusive disease. Many patients with these conditions or associated risk factors are not treated according to current guidelines. This may explain, at least in part, the high rates of cardiovascular events observed after one year.