Heart failure and airway obstruction.
We investigated 60 patients with severe left-sided heart failure before and after cardiac recompensation. We observed that the cardiac insufficiency had a marked effect on dynamic ventilatory parameters. The "effort independent part" of the flow-volume curve was changed significantly by means of cardiac therapy.
Petermann
W
W
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kiel, F.R.G.
Barth
J
J
Entzian
P
P
D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D002306:Cardiac Volume; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008176:Lung Volume Measurements