Ventilatory limitations and electrocardiographic changes in patients with 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%).