Key result
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease frequently coexists with heart failure but remains largely undiagnosed because of overlapping symptoms.
Why the study?
COPD frequently coexists with heart failure but often goes undiagnosed due to overlapping symptoms, and data on its prevalence in heart failure are scarce and discrepant.
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Population
Patients with stable heart failure
May prompt COPD evaluation in heart failure despite symptom overlap; leaves open need for validated screening strategies.
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is characterized by irreversible airflow limitation in the lungs. COPD frequently coexist with Heart Failure (HF) but most patients go undiagnosed because of similarity of symptoms. Data on prevalence of COPD in HF are discrepant and scarce.
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Ngahane et al. (2020) studied this question. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease frequently coexists with heart failure but remains largely undiagnosed because of overlapping symptoms.
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