Key result
Echocardiographic evaluation of COPD patients showed that the prevalence of pulmonary hypertension increased linearly with disease severity, ranging from 16.67% in mild to 83.33% in very severe cases.
Why the study?
Does echocardiography detect cardiac changes that correlate with disease severity in patients with COPD?
Population
40 patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), staged by pulmonary function test (PFT)
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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May warrant echocardiographic screening in severe COPD; leaves open prognostic impact in Level 4 data.
Cross-Sectional (n=40)
Does echocardiography detect cardiac changes that correlate with disease severity in patients with COPD?
Echocardiography reveals a high prevalence of pulmonary hypertension and other cardiac abnormalities in COPD patients, which correlates linearly with disease severity.
Agrawal et al. (2011) conducted a cross-sectional in Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (n=40). Echocardiography was evaluated on Cardiac changes secondary to COPD and correlation with severity. Echocardiographic evaluation of COPD patients showed that the prevalence of pulmonary hypertension increased linearly with disease severity, ranging from 16.67% in mild to 83.33% in very severe cases.
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