Relation Between COPD Severity and Global Cardiovascular Risk in US Adults.

The article presents a study on the impact of global cardiovascular event (CVE) risk assessment on CVE and total mortality in U.S. adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The researchers found that global CVE risk improved prediction for both CVEs and total mortality in patients with COPD. The addition of global CVE risk scores to lung function data reportedly helped in improving risk stratification of patients with COPD for CVE and total mortality.