Treating heart failure cuts COPD exacerbation risk: study
The two conditions can be hard to distinguish but early diagnosis of comorbidity benefits the patient, the authors say
Failure to diagnose and treat heart failure is linked to an increased risk of acute COPD exacerbations, a large study shows.
But the findings also show that, if comorbid heart failure (HF) is optimally managed, patients’ rate of moderate-to-severe COPD symptoms will likely be reduced to a fraction of that seen when it remains undiagnosed.
