COPD-PULMONARY HTN & RHF

SUMMARY

1. Mild to moderate pulmonary HTN is common.

2. assoc. with poor prognosis: 33% 5 year survival.

3. Oxygen and diuretics for RHF are mainstay therapy. No evidence for use of PDE-5 or endothelin receptor agonists.

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