Characteristics of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension Assessed by Echocardiography in a Three-Year Observational Cohort Study.

Shingo NakayamaShotaro ChubachiKaori SakuraiHidehiro IrieAkihiro TsutsumiMizuha Haraguchi HashiguchiYuji ItabashiMitsushige MurataHidetoshi NakamuraKoichiro AsanoKoichi Fukunaga

Published in: International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (2020)

In this study, we identified the clinical characteristics of COPD patients with PH detected by echocardiography. The presence of PH assessed by echocardiography was related to future COPD exacerbations and closely related to radiographical emphysema.

Keyphrases

pulmonary hypertension
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
lung function
left ventricular
pulmonary artery
computed tomography
pulmonary arterial hypertension
cystic fibrosis
air pollution
coronary artery
atrial fibrillation
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
pulmonary fibrosis