Key result
Echocardiographic assessment using a combination of two-dimensional methods, strain imaging, and three-dimensional echocardiography is essential for detecting subclinical right ventricular dysfunction and stratifying cardiovascular risk in patients with COPD.
Why the study?
Patients with COPD and concomitant cardiovascular disease have a worse prognosis than the prognosis of each disease alone.
Comprehensive echocardiographic evaluation combining traditional and advanced parameters like strain is crucial for early detection of right ventricular dysfunction in COPD patients.
May support advanced echocardiography for RV risk stratification in COPD; leaves open prospective validation before practice change.
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Bispo et al. (2025) conducted a review in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Echocardiographic assessment of the right ventricle was evaluated. Echocardiographic assessment using a combination of two-dimensional methods, strain imaging, and three-dimensional echocardiography is essential for detecting subclinical right ventricular dysfunction and stratifying cardiovascular risk in patients with COPD.
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