A new study published in the journal Respirology suggests that heart-related therapies could potentially improve the wellbeing of some people suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) as the mechanisms controlling the heart play a vital role in the life quality of these patients’. COPD develops as a co-occurrence of chronic bronchitis and emphysema narrowing the airways and causing shortness of breath sometimes independent of lung disease. It often results in patients’ poor physical and mental quality of life, however little is known about the determining factors…

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Heart Treatment Can Help COPD Patients’ Wellbeing