title: Cardiovascular disease in COPD: a call for action.
authors.affiliation: UAB Lung Health Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
authors.forename: Surya P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Bhatt
authors.affiliation: UAB Lung Health Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA; Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
authors.forename: J Michael
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Wells
authors.affiliation: UAB Lung Health Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA; Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA. Electronic address: mdrans99@uab.edu.
authors.forename: Mark T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Dransfield
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000150:complications*; D012307:Risk Factors