title: Cardiovascular risk, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and pulmonary rehabilitation: Can we learn from cardiac rehabilitation?
abstract: Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who participate in pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) often have concomitant cardiovascular disease (CVD), which is a frequently undiagnosed and undertreated comorbidity. CVD contributes to the burden of the disease and is associated with an increased risk for hospitalizations and mortality. Optimizing the diagnosis and management of cardiovascular risk and disease should be considered as part of the holistic approach of PR. In addition, we need to consider similarities and differences in cardiac and PR programs, in order to improve personalized care in patients with both diseases. The current review addresses the burden of CVD in COPD patients who participate in PR, how CVD and its risk factors affect PR and should be managed during PR, and extends on what we can learn of the organization of cardiac rehabilitation programs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Research and Education, Centre of Expertise for Chronic Organ Failure (CIRO+), Horn, the Netherlands Department of Respiratory Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Centre (MUMC+), Maastricht, the Netherlands filiptriest@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Filip Jj
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Triest
authors.affiliation: Centre for Exercise and Rehabilitation Science, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK.
authors.forename: Sally J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.affiliation: Department of Research and Education, Centre of Expertise for Chronic Organ Failure (CIRO+), Horn, the Netherlands Department of Respiratory Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Centre (MUMC+), Maastricht, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Lowie Egw
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Vanfleteren
mesh_terms: D000072038:Cardiac Rehabilitation / Q000379:methods*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015897:Comorbidity; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D009017:Morbidity / Q000639:trends; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000534:rehabilitation*
keywords: COPD; Pulmonary rehabilitation; cardiac; cardiovascular; rehabilitation