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COPD is present in 40–70% of patients
with lung cancer
1
COPD patients have 2-5 fold higher risk of
ischaemic heart disease, cardiac
dysrhythmia, heart failure
2
Sub-groups of COPD have 5-8 fold higher
risks of cardiovascular mortality
3
COPD patients have a 34% higher risk for
sudden cardiac death
4
1
Congleton J, Resp Med 2005;
2
Chen W, Lancet Resp Med
2015;
3
Lange P, AJRCCM 2012;
4
Lahousse L, Eur H J 2015
Cardiac mortality in lung cancer
Radiation doses to upper heart regions
significantly associated with non-cancer
deaths [Stam B, Radioth Oncol 2017]