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COPD and sudden cardiac death
Lahousse L, Eur Heart J 2015
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Population-based cohort study
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13 471 persons aged ≥45 years,
and up to 24 years follow-up
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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