Cardiovascular disease and COPD: dangerous liaisons?

KF Rabe, JR Hurst, S Suissa - European Respiratory Review, 2018 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and cardiovascular disease (CVD)
frequently occur together and their coexistence is associated with worse outcomes than …

An official American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society statement: update on limb muscle dysfunction in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

F Maltais, M Decramer, R Casaburi… - American journal of …, 2014 - atsjournals.org
Background: Limb muscle dysfunction is prevalent in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD) and it has important clinical implications, such as reduced exercise tolerance …

Characterization of the COPD alveolar niche using single-cell RNA sequencing

M Sauler, JE McDonough, TS Adams… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a leading cause of death worldwide,
however our understanding of cell specific mechanisms underlying COPD pathobiology …

Global strategy for the diagnosis, management, and prevention of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: GOLD executive summary

J Vestbo, SS Hurd, AG Agustí, PW Jones… - American journal of …, 2013 - atsjournals.org
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a global health problem, and since 2001,
the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) has published its strategy …

Noncardiac comorbidities in heart failure with reduced versus preserved ejection fraction

RJ Mentz, JP Kelly, TG von Lueder, AA Voors… - Journal of the American …, 2014 - jacc.org
Heart failure patients are classified by ejection fraction (EF) into distinct groups: heart failure
with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) or heart failure with reduced ejection fraction …

Epidemiology and clinical impact of major comorbidities in patients with COPD

MC Smith, JP Wrobel - International journal of chronic obstructive …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Comorbidities are frequent in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and
significantly impact on patients' quality of life, exacerbation frequency, and survival. There is …

Epidemiology, pathophysiology, and prognosis of heart failure in older adults

K Dharmarajan, MW Rich - Heart failure clinics, 2017 - heartfailure.theclinics.com
Heart failure (HF) is the quintessential cardiovascular syndrome of aging that results from
age-related cardiovascular conditions and age-associated changes in cardiovascular …

Physical activity is the strongest predictor of all-cause mortality in patients with COPD: a prospective cohort study

B Waschki, A Kirsten, O Holz, KC Müller, T Meyer… - Chest, 2011 - Elsevier
Background Systemic effects of COPD are incompletely reflected by established prognostic
assessments. We determined the prognostic value of objectively measured physical activity …

The overloaded right heart and ventricular interdependence

R Naeije, R Badagliacca - Cardiovascular research, 2017 - academic.oup.com
The right and the left ventricle are interdependent as both structures are nested within the
pericardium, have the septum in common and are encircled with common myocardial fibres …

Pulmonary arterial enlargement and acute exacerbations of COPD

JM Wells, GR Washko, MLK Han… - New England journal …, 2012 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are
associated with accelerated loss of lung function and death. Identification of patients at risk …