Prospective comparison of non-invasive risk markers of major cardiovascular events in COPD patients.
Jorge ZagacetaGorka BastarrikaJavier J ZuluetaInmaculada ColinaAna B AlcaideArantza CampoMiguel DivoCiro CasanovaJosé M MarinVictor M Pinto-PlataBartolome R CelliJuan Pablo de-TorresPublished in: Respiratory research (2017)
In COPD patients attending pulmonary clinics, CAC was the best independent non-invasive predictor of CV events. This tool may help evaluate the risk for a CV event in patients with COPD. Larger studies should reproduce and validate these findings.
Keyphrases
- cardiovascular events
- end stage renal disease
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- coronary artery disease
- primary care
- prognostic factors
- cardiovascular disease
- type diabetes
- pulmonary hypertension
- patient reported outcomes
- air pollution
- tertiary care
- cystic fibrosis