Right heart failure as a risk factor for severe exacerbation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: Prospective cohort study.

Arturo Orea-TejedaAna Grecia Navarrete-PeñalozaLeslie Verdeja-VendrellAbril Jiménez-CepedaDulce Gabriela González-IslasRafael Hernández-ZentenoCandace Keirns-DavisRocío Sánchez-SantillánAlejandra Velazquez-MonteroGerardo Puentes Rodríguez

Published in: The clinical respiratory journal (2018)

In patients with COPD, RHF is an independent risk factor for suffering severe exacerbations.

Keyphrases

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
heart failure
early onset
lung function
atrial fibrillation
intensive care unit
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation