Does elevated pulmonary vascular resistance (>5 WU) predict mortality in COPD patients?
A pulmonary vascular resistance >5 WU is a strong independent predictor of mortality in patients with COPD, identifying those with severe pulmonary vascular disease.
PVR >5 WU proved to be the strongest independent haemodynamic predictor of mortality in COPD patients. This threshold may best identify COPD patients with severe pulmonary vascular disease.https://bit.ly/3v4QE96
Zeder et al. (Thu,) studied this question.