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ArticleInternational journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease2019

Prevalence of cardiac comorbidities, and their underdetection and contribution to exertional symptoms in COPD: results from the COSYCONET cohort.

Peter Alter, Barbara A Mayerhofer, Kathrin Kahnert, Henrik Watz, Benjamin Waschki, Stefan Andreas, Frank Biertz, Robert Bals, Claus F Vogelmeier, Rudolf A Jörres

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In one paragraph

Article in International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01245933 (Impact of Systemic Manifestations/Comorbidities on Clinical State, Prognosis and Utilisation of Health Care Resources in Patients With COPD), which is not on this map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24citing papers in PubMed
4.5field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT01245933 completednot on this map

Impact of Systemic Manifestations/Comorbidities on Clinical State, Prognosis and Utilisation of Health Care Resources in Patients With COPD

TypeobservationalSponsorPhilipps University MarburgRan2010 to 2023Enrolled2,741ConditionsChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Association of Obesity with Symptoms and Quality of Life in COPD: Results from COSYCONET.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2025
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  8. The Diagnosis and Treatment of COPD and Its Comorbidities.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2023
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  10. Gender-specific differences in COPD symptoms and their impact for the diagnosis of cardiac comorbidities.Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Peter AlterDepartment of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Philipps University of Marburg (UMR), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Marburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2115-1743
Barbara A MayerhoferInstitute and Outpatient Clinic for Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Comprehensive Pneumology Center Munich (CPC-M), Member of the Center for Lung Research (DZL), Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-6359-3147
Kathrin KahnertDepartment of Internal Medicine V, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Comprehensive Pneumology Center Munich (CPC-M), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Munich, Germany.
Henrik WatzPulmonary Research Institute at Lungen Clinic Grosshansdorf, Airway Research Center North (ARCN), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Grosshansdorf, Germany.
Benjamin WaschkiDepartment of Pneumology, LungenClinic Grosshansdorf, Airway Research Center North (ARCN), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Grosshansdorf, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1070-3661
Stefan AndreasDepartment of Cardiology and Pneumology, University Medical Center, Goettingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3918-6909
Frank BiertzInstitute for Biostatistics, Center for Biometry, Medical Informatics and Medical Technology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0686-6123
Robert BalsDepartment of Internal Medicine V - Pulmonology, Allergology, Intensive Care Medicine, Saarland University Hospital, Homburg, Germany.
Claus F VogelmeierDepartment of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Philipps University of Marburg (UMR), Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Marburg, Germany.
Rudolf A JörresInstitute and Outpatient Clinic for Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Comprehensive Pneumology Center Munich (CPC-M), Member of the Center for Lung Research (DZL), Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9782-1117
German Center for Lung Research · DEPhilipps University of Marburg · DEMedizinische Hochschule Hannover · DESaarland University · DEUniversität Hamburg · DEUniversity of Göttingen · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: A substantial prevalence of cardiovascular disease is known for COPD, but detection of its presence, relationship to functional findings and contribution to symptoms remains challenging. The present analysis focusses on the cardiovascular contribution to COPD symptoms and their relationship to the patients' diagnostic status, medication and echocardiographic findings. Methods: Patients from the COPD cohort COSYCONET with data on lung function, including FEV Results: A total of 1591 patients (GOLD 0-4: n=230/126/614/498/123) fulfilled the inclusion criteria. Ischemic heart disease, myocardial infarction or heart failure were reported in 289 patients (18.2%); 860 patients (54%) received at least one cardiovascular medication, with more than one in many patients. LVEF<50% or LVEDD>56 mm was found in 204 patients (12.8%), of whom 74 (36.3%) had neither a cardiovascular history nor medication. Among 948 patients (59.6%) without isolated hypertension, there were 21/55 (38.2%) patients with LVEF<50% and 47/88 (53.4%) with LVEDD>56 mm, who lacked both a cardiac diagnosis and medication. LVEDD and LVEF were linked to medical history; LVEDD was dependent on RV/TLC and LVEF on FEV Conclusion: A remarkable proportion of patients with suspicious echocardiographic findings were undiagnosed and untreated, implying an increased risk for an unfavorable prognosis. Cardiac size and function were dependent on lung function and only partially linked to cardiovascular history. Although the contribution of LV size to COPD symptoms was small compared to lung function, it was detectable irrespective of all other influencing factors. However, only the mMRC and SGRQ activity component were found to be suitable for this purpose.

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AgedCohort StudiesFemaleHeart DiseasesHumansMaleMiddle AgedPrevalencePulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructiveCOPDdyspneaechocardiographyheart failuremedicationsymptoms

Identifiers

PMID31571852
PMCPMC6759215
OpenAlexW2974492377

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