Non-invasive Assessment of Pulmonary Vascular Resistance in Elderly Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (PVR-COPD)

Hospital Viamed Valvanera, Spain

Status: Completed

Conditions: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Cor Pulmonale; Pulmonary Hypertension

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01554774

HVVV-CBM-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

Many studies have evaluated the viability of measuring the pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) by non-invasive methods in patients with pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary thromboembolism, ischemic cardiopathy and valvular disease. The investigators have not found other studies which evaluate the PVR in elderly patients with COPD. The hypothesis is that in patients with COPD, the severity of obstruction, expressed by GOLD class, is associated with an increase of PVR.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 50 to 90 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• diagnosis of COPD stage II, III or IV according to the GOLD guidelines
• signed the informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• ischemic cardiopathy
• severe valvular disease
• atrial fibrillation
• left bundle branch block

Trial design

60 participants in 3 patient groups

GOLD II

Description:

Will be included in this group the patients with COPD stage II

GOLD III

Description:

Will be included in this group the patients with COPD stage III

GOLD IV

Description:

Will be included in this group the patients with COPD stage VI.