title: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a slowly progressive cardiovascular disease masked by its pulmonary effects?
authors.forename: Frans H
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Rutten
authors.forename: Arno W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Hoes
mesh_terms: D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000473:pathology*; D054143:Heart Failure, Systolic / Q000473:pathology*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*