Chronic heart failure and coronary artery disease in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

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1. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease What is COPD?

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease that impairs ventilation. Airflow obstruction progresses with abnormal inflammation of the lungs due to noxious gases and particles.
The disease will gradually reduce the lung ventilation function. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is caused by long-term smoking, exposure to toxic substances, or environmental air pollution.
COPD is a preventable and treatable disease. The big problem is that when patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) often have additional comorbidities that make treatment difficult, the disease is more severe for each patient:
COPD increases the risk of developing the disease. COPD medical events increase patient's risk of hospitalization for comorbidities COPD increases risk of death from comorbidities

2. The relationship between COPD and cardiovascular disease

Cardiovascular disease is the leading comorbidity of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), in which chronic heart failure and coronary artery disease are common.
2.1 What is chronic heart failure? Chronic heart failure is a disease that occurs when the heart loses its pumping ability, making it ineffective to maintain the blood flow to meet the body's needs.
Symptoms of people with chronic heart failure often include: Shortness of breath, exhaustion, and leg swelling. Symptoms of dyspnea are more pronounced when the patient exerts himself or when lying down, and often occurs at night while sleeping.
2.2. What is coronary artery disease? Coronary heart disease is a heart disease caused by coronary blood vessels being blocked by atherosclerotic plaques, leading to a condition in which the heart muscle is deprived of oxygen. When blood and oxygen flow to the heart is reduced, not enough can cause angina in the chest, heart attack, and permanent damage to the heart.
COPD and cardiovascular disease always have a relationship with each other, so cardiovascular disease is a frequent and important comorbidity in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which is associated with poor prognosis.

Cardiovascular disease is very dangerous for patients. The disease has many symptoms, and when the patient has chronic heart failure or coronary artery disease, it will make exercise capacity poor, so it should be carefully paid attention to timely detect, evaluate and take measures to treat and use. Use medication appropriately.
In addition, people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are often at an advanced age, making it difficult for them to breathe.
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is currently one of the leading causes of death and is likely to continue to increase in the coming decades. The common comorbidities in COPD in general and cardiovascular disease are the result of systemic inflammation. They are responsible for a large part of the morbidity and mortality of the disease.
Therefore, it is necessary to screen for and early recognize strange signs from patients, quantify and take appropriate measures for co-morbidities. Taking into account the interaction between the effects of drugs and different pathological manifestations will help improve the clinical outcomes of chronic heart failure and coronary artery disease in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
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