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This review highlights special considerations for treating patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and cardiovascular co-morbidities, which significantly worsen morbidity and mortality.
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This review highlights the diagnostic and therapeutic challenges in managing patients with concurrent COPD and cardiovascular diseases.
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is often associated with cardiovascular diseases, such as pulmonary hypertension, ischemic heart disease, arrhythmias or heart failure. These co-morbidities may cause diagnostic or therapeutic difficulties and significantly worsen the morbidity and mortality of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. In this work the author reviews special considerations for the treatment of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who have cardiovascular co-morbidities.
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Réka Faludi (2014) conducted a review in Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with cardiovascular co-morbidities. Treatment considerations was evaluated. This review highlights special considerations for treating patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and cardiovascular co-morbidities, which significantly worsen morbidity and mortality.
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