Frequency and significance of unrecognized chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in elderly patients with stable heart failure

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 23, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 337-342

  Apostolovic, Svetlana ^a,b   Jankovic Tomasevic, Ruzica ^a   Salinger Martinovic, Sonja ^a   Djordjevic Radojkovic, Danijela ^a   Stanojevic, Dragana ^a   Pavlovic, Milan ^a,b   Stankovic, Ivana ^a,b   Putnikovic, Biljana ^c   Kafedzic, Srdjan ^c   Catovic, Suad ^d   Tahirovic, Elvis ^e   Düngen, Hans Dirk ^e  

^a CLINICAL CENTER NIS   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NI   (Serbia)

^c Clinical Hospital Center   (Serbia)

^d Health Center   (Serbia)

^e CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

6 Minute walking distance; Chronic heart failure; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Elderly; Obesity

Indexed keywords

6 MINUTE WALKING TEST; ABDOMINAL OBESITY; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPIROMETRY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WALKING;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX FACTORS; VITAL CAPACITY; WALKING;

EID: 84861982523     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: 17208319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3275/7291     Document Type: Article

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