Investigation of some Doppler ultrasonographic measurements of left and right ventricular function, pulmonary artery pressure and respiratory function on patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- Author:
Long Cuu Nguyen
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- MeSH:
Ultrasonography, Doppler;
diagnosis
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2002;427(7):57-60
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
The smoking level and the lung ventilatory function was measured on 30 patients with COPD (19 males, 11 females, mean aged 68.3+/-11.5) and 30 non-smoking controls (17 males, 13 females) without cardio-vascular and respiratory diseases at HuÕ Central Hospital. Results: There is not any correlation between respiratory function measurements and Doppler echocardiographic measurements. The smoking level as measured by packages per year has close correlation with the decrease in respiratory function (r = -0.73, p = 0.01). The combination of many Doppler echocardiographic measurements is helpful in evaluating the pulmonary hypertension in patients with COPD.
