Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research
“CARDIAC EVALUATION OF COPD PATIENTS USING ECG, 2D ECHO AND ITS CORRELATION WITH SEVERITY OF COPDâ€
M. Harika, S.N. Savitha, S Ravikumar.
JCDR. 2023: 754-762
Abstract
Background: The incidence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which affects 10.1% of persons globally who are 40 years of age or older. COPD also known to cause the pulmonary hypertension, cor-pulmonale, right and left ventricular dysfunction. Present study aimed to correlate the clinical characteristics of patients with chronic obstructive lung disease with the results of pulmonary function tests, electrocardiography, and echocardiography.
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