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Are heart attacks linked to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease?
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Absolutely: Smoking is bad for heart and lungs.
Answered 3/26/2013
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Indirectly: Many people with COPD have a strong smoking history which also predisposes to heart attacks - in addition, there may be a chromic inflammatory element to some forms of COPD which cam also make heart attacks more likely.
Answered 10/3/2016
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