Изучение особенностей течения хронической обструктивной болезни лёгких на фоне артериальной гипертензии

Аннотация

According to WHO about 250 million people worldwide suffer from chronic obstructive pulmonary dis-ease (COPD) which has the second highest prevalence of non-communicable diseases according to global sta-tistics. The prevalence of COPD according to WHO is 9.3 per l thousand population among men and 7.3 per 1 thousand population of women older than 40 years. The incidence of COPD is increasing progressively and it is only cause of death with increasing number of reported cases. WHO predicts COPD will become the third most common cause of death after stroke and myocardial infarction in 2030. The most common comorbidities in COPD is hypertension (28%) which is caused by common risk factors. COPD combination with hyperten-sion increases the risk of hospitalization and mortality compared with patients with COPD without comorbidi-ty. In connection with the above stated study of respiratory function and functional changes in the heart in pa-tients with COPD combined with hypertension is very important