Why the study?
Does chronic obstructive pulmonary disease impact left ventricular diastolic function in hospitalized elderly patients?
Population
148 consecutive hospitalized elderly patients (≥65 years old), including 75 with COPD and 73 without COPD.
Comparison
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) vs No COPD (controls)
Design
Case-control
Authors
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May support diastolic assessment in elderly COPD inpatients; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation.
Does chronic obstructive pulmonary disease impact left ventricular diastolic function in hospitalized elderly patients?
COPD is associated with left ventricular diastolic dysfunction and higher NT-proBNP levels in hospitalized elderly patients, suggesting early-stage COPD impacts LV diastolic function.
Sun et al. (2014) studied this question.
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