Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and cardiac diseases. An urgent need for integrated care

S Roversi, LM Fabbri, DD Sin… - American journal of …, 2016 - atsjournals.org
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a global health issue with high social and
economic costs. Concomitant chronic cardiac disorders are frequent in patients with COPD …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and cardiovascular disease

SP Bhatt, MT Dransfield - Translational Research, 2013 - Elsevier
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an inflammatory disease of the lung
associated with progressive airflow limitation and punctuated by episodes of acute …

Heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: the challenges facing physicians and health services

NM Hawkins, S Virani, C Ceconi - European heart journal, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Pulmonary disease is common in patients with heart failure, through shared risk factors and
pathophysiological mechanisms. Adverse pulmonary vascular remodelling and chronic …

Extrapulmonary comorbidities in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: state of the art

ARC Patel, JR Hurst - Expert review of respiratory medicine, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Extrapulmonary comorbidities are common and significant in chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD), often contributing to symptoms, exacerbations, hospital admissions and …

Impact of adaptive servo‐ventilation on cardiovascular function and prognosis in heart failure patients with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction and sleep …

A Yoshihisa, S Suzuki, T Yamaki… - European journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Effective pharmacotherapy for heart failure with preserved left ventricular ejection
fraction (HFpEF) is still unclear. Sleep‐disordered breathing (SDB) causes cardiovascular …

Cardiopulmonary exercise testing as prognostic indicators: Comparisons among heart failure patients with reduced, mid-range and preserved ejection fraction

T Sato, A Yoshihisa, Y Kanno, S Suzuki… - European journal of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Aims We aimed to determine the differences of impact of cardiopulmonary exercise testing
(CPX) parameters on prognosis of heart failure with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction …

Impact of COPD on the mortality and treatment of patients hospitalized with acute decompensated heart failure: the Worcester Heart Failure Study

KA Fisher, MS Stefan, C Darling, D Lessard… - Chest, 2015 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND COPD is a common comorbidity in patients with heart failure, yet little is
known about the impact of this condition in patients with acute decompensated heart failure …

[HTML][HTML] Cardiovascular function and prognosis of patients with heart failure coexistent with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

A Yoshihisa, M Takiguchi, T Shimizu, Y Nakamura… - Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) often coexists with heart failure
(HF), and is considered to be associated with adverse outcomes in HF patients. However …

Acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: cardiovascular links

CR Laratta, S Van Eeden - BioMed research international, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a chronic, progressive lung disease
resulting from exposure to cigarette smoke, noxious gases, particulate matter, and air …

FEV1 and FVC predict all-cause mortality independent of cardiac function—Results from the population-based Gutenberg Health Study

C Magnussen, FM Ojeda, N Rzayeva, T Zeller… - International journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Lung function has previously been related to increased mortality. Whether
pulmonary impairment is associated with an increased mortality independent of cardiac …