SBRT2015

COPD and sudden cardiac death

• Population-based cohort study • 13 471 persons aged ≥45 years, and up to 24 years follow-up • Age- and sex-adjusted HR for sudden cardiac death was 2.12 (95% CI 1.6-2.8) after 5.5 years of COPD diagnosis

Lahousse L, Eur Heart J 2015