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Lung function encompasses airway flow, volumes and capacities, and oxygenation. The anatomic and physiologic continuity of the lungs with the heart and vessels intuitively suggests that impairments in any component of lung function may impact cardiovascular health.
Pulmonary vascular disease, as measured by an increased PVR, not only adversely affects right heart function, but also further impairs gas exchange, ventilatory efficiency, and in some ways, adds a “second disease” to the underlying respiratory condition.
18 paź 2023 · Prednisone, a steroid drug used to treat inflammation, can cause heart palpitations (skipped, pounding, or racing heartbeats) as well as other cardiac side effects like bradycardia (slowed heartbeats), tachycardia (rapid heartbeats), and atrial fibrillation (irregular heartbeats).
20 maj 2021 · Acute exacerbations have an important impact on health status, disease progression, and prognosis of patients with COPD. 1 The frequency and severity of exacerbations substantially drive the associated high costs and burden. 1 Therefore it is key in the treatment of patients with COPD to prevent exacerbations or their relapse and to promote quic...
3 lip 2015 · Although all systems (ie, pulmonary, respiratory, skeletal muscle, and cardiovascular) involved in orchestrating an appropriate response to aerobic exercise are important, the cardiovascular system, in particular cardiac systolic and diastolic function, may be thought of as the central hub.
20 sty 2020 · Studies suggest that acute decreases in lung hyperinflation at rest improves cardiac function and increases lung vascular perfusion from decompression of a compromised heart. In those studies, changes in resting oxygen uptake induced by medications, an alternative explanation for compensatory increased cardiac function, were not explored.
26 kwi 2017 · Ventilation can profoundly alter cardiovascular function. Although changes in lung volume and hyperinflation can profoundly alter right ventricular function, this review is focused on left-sided effects because these are the ones that emerged from the initial work of Cournand and colleagues (3).
