Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a complex disease that is associated with
devastating outcomes resulting from lung involvement and several comorbidities …

Background Comorbidities including cardiovascular diseases are very common in chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) secondary to tobacco smoking and contribute to the …

Heart failure (HF) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are global epidemics
incurring significant morbidity and mortality. The combination presents many diagnostic …

Mortality due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease continues to rise, whereas mortality
rates related to cardiovascular disease appear to be slowing, or even declining. This is due …

COPD is responsible for considerable morbidity and mortality, and its course is complicated
by co-existing comorbidities that worsen prognosis. Understanding the importance of …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and cardiovascular disease (CVD)
frequently coexist but combined disease is often not recognised. Since symptoms overlap …

Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) frequently coexists with other
chronic diseases, namely comorbidities. They negatively impact prognosis, exacerbations …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a frequently neglected co-morbidity in
patients with heart failure (HF). The aim of this study was to evaluate the prognostic impact of …

This article discusses the epidemiology of chronic heart failure (CHF) and chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). CHF and COPD are characterized by high …

Methods The ACCESS (Assessment of Comorbidities in COPD in European Symptomatic
Subjects) study (NCT01516528; GlaxoSmithKline study 115058) was a prospective …