Do COPD exacerbations increase the risk of severe cardiovascular events in patients with COPD?
COPD exacerbations are associated with a sustained increase in severe cardiovascular events, indicating that cardiopulmonary risk reduction should be a core target of COPD management.
Risk of severe cardiovascular events is sustainably increased following an exacerbation of COPD, even early and moderate ones. Cardiopulmonary risk reduction should be a global core target of COPD management.
Nordon et al. (Wed,) studied this question.