Estimation of systolic and diastolic function of the left ventricular myocardium among patients with chronic cor pulmonale of broncho-pulmonary genesis in combination with hypertensive disease

Abstract

Chronic obstructive lung disease is the main reason for the development of chronic cor pulmonale. Comorbidity of this disease with cardiovascular pathology is the most important, reflecting the unity of cardiorespiratory system, becoming a summary integral factor of a negative prognosis: chronic obstructive lung disease and cardiovascular diseases are considered as “criminal partners”. The aim of the study was to investigate the functional state of left ventricular myocardium in patients with chronic cor pulmonale of broncho-pulmonary genesis combined with hypertensive disease.