Is COPD associated with a higher rate of cardiovascular events and a lower rate of preventive therapy in patients with established CVD?
Patients with established CVD and comorbid COPD experience more cardiovascular events yet receive less preventive therapy, highlighting a critical gap in secondary prevention.
In a large, real-world population of people with established CVD, COPD was associated with a higher rate of cardiovascular events but a lower rate of preventive therapy. Strategies are needed to improve secondary CVD prevention in the COPD population.
Cho et al. (Mon,) studied this question.