Cardiac biomarkers and long-term outcomes of exacerbations of COPD: a long-term follow-up of two cohorts
Background COPD patients often have cardiac comorbidities. Cardiac involvement at the time of a COPD exacerbation is associated with a high short-term mortality, but whether this influences long-term outcomes is unknown. We explored whether biomarkers of cardiac dysfunction at the time of a COPD exa...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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European Respiratory Society
2021-02-01
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| Series: | ERJ Open Research |
| Online Access: | http://openres.ersjournals.com/content/7/1/00531-2020.full |