Abstract 11292: Impact of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease on Cardiovascular Function and Prognosis in Heart Failure Patients
Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) often coexists with heart failure (HF), and is thought to have a critical association with mortality and morbidity in HF patients. However, the impact of COPD on cardiovascular function and the detailed all-cause mortality of HF remain unclear. Methods and Results: Consecutive 378 patients admitted for HF who underwent spirometry were divided into 3 groups: HF without COPD (Non-COPD group, n = 272), HF with mild COPD (GOLD I group, n = 82), and HF with moderate COPD (GOLD II group, n = 24). We compared echocardiographic findings, vascular function including flow mediated dilatation (FMD) and cardio-ankle vascular index and circulating levels of troponin T, BNP, CRP, and estimated GFR among the three groups. The GOLD II group, as compared to Non-COPD group, had 1) higher troponin T (0.030 vs. 0.020 ng/ml, P = 0.009), 2) greater cardio-ankle vascular index (8.99 vs. 8.29, P = 0.032), 3) similar levels of FMD, BNP, CRP, and estimated GFR, and 4) similar cardiac systolic and diastolic function of the right and left ventricle. In addition, rates of cardiac (P = 0.049), non-cardiac (P = 0.001), and all-cause mortality (P = 0.002) were higher in GOLD II group than in Non-COPD and GOLD I groups. Importantly, in the Cox proportional hazard analyses, the GOLD stage II was an independent predictor of cardiac (P = 0.038), non-cardiac (P = 0.036), and all-cause mortality (P = 0.015) in HF patients. Conclusions: HF patients with coexistent moderate COPD (GOLD stage II) have greater myocardial damage, greater arterial stiffness, and higher cardiac and non-cardiac mortality. Thus, taking appropriate management to control COPD may improve the prognosis of HF patients with COPD.