Why the study?
Cardiac involvement in COPD causes significant morbidity and mortality, prompting echocardiographic evaluation of the right heart and its correlation with clinical severity.
In patients with COPD, echocardiographic right heart parameters such as right ventricular pressure, size, and TAPSE significantly correlate with the severity of the disease, highlighting the utility of routine echocardiography in this population.
May inform right-heart screening in severe COPD; leaves open practice change pending outcome-focused trials.
Cardiac involvement in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a significant cause of morbidity, mortality, and even death. We aimed to study the echocardiographic evaluation, especially of the right heart, in patients of COPD and to co-relate findings of echocardiography with the clinical profile and severity of COPD of such patients.
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