Advanced Echocardiographic Techniques for the Diagnosis of Subclinical Right Ventricular Dysfunction in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common and treatable in the general population, accounting for high morbidity mortality rates. In patients with severe COPD, hypoxemia main cause of complications such as hypertension (PH) right ventricle (RV) dysfunction. However, presence RV vascular structural functional changes may occur early stages even before significant or PH. Subclinical dysfunction often precedes development signs symptoms [...]