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Editorial
. 2022 Jul;19(7):1093-1095.
doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202204-317ED.

Mind the Gap: Addressing Cardiovascular Disease in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

J Michael Wells  1   2   3   4   5 , Gregory A Payne  1   3   4   6   5
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Editorial

Mind the Gap: Addressing Cardiovascular Disease in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

J Michael Wells et al. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2022 Jul.
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Age-standardized death rate—United States, 1999–2016. Age-adjusted death rates for ASCVD (shown in red) decreased by nearly 50%, and rates for COPD (shown in blue) decreased by 9% between 1999 and 2016. Figure created using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Compressed Mortality File 1999–2016 using the Wide-ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research online database (1). ASCVD = atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease; COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
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