Is 'Cardiopulmonary' the New 'Cardiometabolic'? Making a Case for Systems Change in COPD.

ABSTRACT: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) have a syndemic relationship with shared risk factors and complex interplay between genetic, environmental, socioeconomic, and pathophysiological mechanisms. CVD is among the most common comorbidities in patients with COPD and vice versa. Patients with COPD, irrespective of their disease severity, are at increased risk of CVD morbidity and mortality, driven in part by COPD exacerbations. Despite these known interrelationships, CVD is underestimated and undertreated in patients with COPD. Similarly, COPD is an independent risk-enhancing factor for adverse cardiovascular (CV) events, yet it is not incorporated into current CV risk assessment tools, leading to under-recognition and undertreatment. There is a pressin

SUBMITTER: Hawkins NM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11573969 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature