Does impaired respiratory function lead to sudden cardiac death?

Thorax. 2022 Jul;77(7):641-642. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2021-218296. Epub 2022 Jan 7.

Authors

Rebecca F D'Cruz^{1

2

3}, Georgios Kaltsakas^{4

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Lane Fox Respiratory Service, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals NHS Trust, London, UK rebecca.dcruz@nhs.net.
² Lane Fox Clinical Respiratory Physiology Centre, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals NHS Trust, London, UK.
³ Centre for Human and Applied Physiological Sciences, King's College London, London, UK.
⁴ Lane Fox Respiratory Service, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals NHS Trust, London, UK.

PMID: 34996850
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2021-218296

No abstract available

Keywords: COPD; Lung function; Sudden cardiac death; asthma; clinical epidemiology; respiratory physiology.

Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Death, Sudden, Cardiac* / etiology
Humans
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive*