Lung Disease Raises Risk Of Heart Conditions Regardless Of Other Factors: Study

The findings were based on a trial involving patients with a rare genetic condition called Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) which causes lung disease . (Credit: Image by jcomp on Freepik)

Having a lung disease could raise the risk of heart conditions regardless of other risk factors such as smoking or age, a recent study has revealed.

The researchers from the University of Birmingham made the interesting finding using a trial involving more than 220 patients with a rare genetic condition called Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) which causes lung disease similar to Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD). The results were published in the Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases.