Late Breaking Abstract - Right heart structural changes, exercise capacity and stress induced right ventricle dysfunction in non- severe COPD patients without pulmonary hypertension at rest.

Highlights from the ERS International Congress 2018: Assembly 13 – Pulmonary Vascular Diseases

“…Furthermore, it is fundamental to supplement the management of COPD patients with precise methods of assessment of RV structure and function [ 65 ]. C herneva et al [ 67 ] demonstrated that in patients with nonsevere COPD without PH (n=104), where there are limited data, right-sided cardiac structural changes are associated with lower 6MWD and stress-induced RV diastolic dysfunction. These findings may indicate that echocardiographic evidence of pulmonary vasculopathy is present in nonsevere COPD patients and contributes to decreased physical activity.…”