TY - JOUR
T1 - What is the impact of impaired left ventricular ejection fraction in COPD after adjusting for confounders?
AU - Barreto de Mesquita, Rafael
AU - Franssen, Frits M. E.
AU - Houben-Wilke, Sarah
AU - Lencer, Nicole
AU - Vanfleteren, Lowie E. G. W.
AU - Goertz, Yvonne M. J.
AU - Pitta, Fabio
AU - Wouters, Emiel F. M.
AU - Spruit, Martijn
PY - 2016/12/15
Y1 - 2016/12/15
N2 - Background: It remains unknown whether and to what extent impaired left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) affects physical and psychological status in COPD. We aimed to compare health outcome measures between COPD patients with and without impaired LVEF after adjusting for age, sex, BMI and FEV1. Methods: Impaired LVEF was defined as values 0.05). Conclusions: Impaired LVEF has a clear impact on physical and psychological status in patients with COPD, even after adjusting for confounders. This reinforces the importance of assessing and treating cardiac problems in COPD.
AB - Background: It remains unknown whether and to what extent impaired left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) affects physical and psychological status in COPD. We aimed to compare health outcome measures between COPD patients with and without impaired LVEF after adjusting for age, sex, BMI and FEV1. Methods: Impaired LVEF was defined as values 0.05). Conclusions: Impaired LVEF has a clear impact on physical and psychological status in patients with COPD, even after adjusting for confounders. This reinforces the importance of assessing and treating cardiac problems in COPD.
KW - Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
KW - Comorbidity
KW - Chronic heart failure
KW - Outcome assessment (health care)
U2 - 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.10.016
DO - 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.10.016
M3 - Article
C2 - 27760413
VL - 225
SP - 365
EP - 370
JO - International Journal of Cardiology
JF - International Journal of Cardiology
SN - 0167-5273
ER -