COPD in patients with stable heart failure in the primary care setting.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Presence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in heart failure (HF) has prognostic and therapeutic implications. Exact prevalence estimates are lacking because most previous studies estimated the prevalence of COPD among HF patients while unstable and in the presence of pulmonary congestion.

Methods

Community-dwelling patients with an established diagnosis of HF and in a stable phase of their disease were invited for spirometry. COPD was defined according to the Global initiative for chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) classification and considered present if the ratio of the post-bronchodilator forced expiratory volume in 1 second and forced vital capacity was below 0.7.

Results

Thirty of the 106 patients with HF (mean age 76 [standard devia

SUBMITTER: Valk MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4492658 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature