Cardiorespiratory Disorders in Patients Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Abstract

Clinical and functional study was carried out in pulmonology department of multidisciplinary clinic of TMA in 44 patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease aged 40 to 72 years. The average duration of the disease was 20,2 years. Analysis of clinical course of COPD showed that with the degree of the disease there was not only an increase in the intensity of clinical manifestations, but also aggravation of cardio-respiratory disturbances, characterized by heart rhythm disturbances (69,2%), shift of the electric axis to the right(30,7%), presence of P-pulmonale (92,3%).