INTRODUCTION Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is estimated to become the fifth leading cause of death worldwide by 2020. The mortality and morbidity from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is getting higher and higher as a result of the epidemics in tobacco consumption all over the world, especially in developing countries. The study objectives were to determine the correlation between ...

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is characterized by irreversible airflow limitation in the lungs. COPD frequently coexist with Heart Failure (HF) but most patients go undiagnosed because of similarity symptoms. Data on prevalence HF are discrepant and scarce.

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is characterized by irreversible airflow limitation in the lungs. COPD frequently coexist with Heart Failure (HF) but most patients go undiagnosed because of similarity symptoms. Data on prevalence HF are discrepant and scarce.

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is characterized by irreversible airflow limitation in the lungs. COPD frequently coexist with Heart Failure (HF) but most patients go undiagnosed because of similarity symptoms. Data on prevalence HF are discrepant and scarce.

Asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are highly prevalent chronic diseases in the general population. Both are characterized by similar mechanisms: airway inflammation, airway obstruction, and airway hyperresponsiveness. However, the distinction between the two obstructive diseases is not always clear. Multiple epidemiological studies demonstrate that in elderly people with o...

Pulmonary arterial hypertension is an obstructive pulmonary vasculopathy and the RV considered a major determinant of survival in patients with precapillary hypertension. The transition from adaptive to maladaptive phenotype remains poorly understood clinically unpredictable. Several mechanisms having been suggested right heart disease but causes cardiac remodeling remain unknown require furthe...

An 88-year-old man, who was a chronic smoker with history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cervical myelopathy, hypertension, pulmonary tuberculosis, myocardial infarction, and peripheral vascular disease, was admitted because of an episode of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation and non-syncopal fall with head injury. Upon admission, the Glasgow Coma Scale was full, ther...

Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major burden and leading cause of death worldwide. Comorbidities such as gastroesophageal reflux, arrhythmia, musculoskeletal disorders cancer affect the quality life COPD patients. Psychological factors, perception, active coping with disease, anxiety depression may also daily activities life.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterised by destruction of extracellular matrix (ECM) in parenchymal areas, whereas the bronchial walls can show fibrosis. In addition, an extensive inflammatory process is observed. CD8+ T-cells, located throughout the lung, and epithelial cells in centrally located airways, produce cytokines involved in the inflammatory process. These cytok...

C pulmonary diseases, a s m a i n l y d e f i n e d b y asthma, bronchiectasis, chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD), interstitial lung disease, pulmonary hypertension etc., represent the third leading cause of death in United States and account for more than 143,382 deaths in 201148. The prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in India is estimated to be 31.4–57.1% over 6...