Prediction of chronic heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in a general population: the Tromso study.

ABSTRACT: Heart failure (HF) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are main causes of dyspnoea, and echocardiography and spirometry are essential investigations for these diagnoses. Our aim was to determine the prevalence of HF and COPD in a general population, also how the diseases may be identified, and to what extent their clinical characteristics differ. In the seventh survey of Tromsø study (2015-16), subjects aged 40 years or more were examined with echocardiography, spirometry, lung sound recordings, questionnaires, including the modified Medical Research Council (mMRC) questionnaire on dyspnoea, and N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide analysis. A diagnosis of HF (HF with reduced ejection fraction, HF with mid-range ejection fraction, or HF with preserved ejection fraction) or

SUBMITTER: Melbye H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7754893 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature