Effects of right ventricular dysfunction on exercise capacity and quality of life and associations with serum NT-proBNP levels in COPD: an observational study.

CONCLUSION: Exercise limitation may be predicted by assessment of right ventricule functions and NT-proBNP levels and exercise limitation impairs quality of life in COPD patients. PMID: 24818627 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24818627?dopt=Abstract

Source: The Anatolian Journal of Cardiology - April 16, 2014 Category: Cardiology Authors: Sahin Özdemirel T, Sarınç Ulaşlı S, Yetiş B, Karacağlar E, Bayraktar N, Ulubay G Tags: Anadolu Kardiyol Derg Source Type: research