Spirometric Assessment of Pulmonary Function in the Elderly with Ischaemic Heart Disease
Journal Title: Journal of Medical Science And clinical Research - Year 2015, Vol 3, Issue 10
Abstract
Studies have noted a high incidence of pulmonary function abnormalities in patients with coronary artery disease and no pre-existing pulmonary disease. This impairment function in elderly patients with ischaemic heart disease has not been adequately studied in India. Pulmonary function in the elderly patients with ischaemic heart disease was assessed spirometrically and to detect impaired lung function, if present. Subnormal pulmonary function, as evidenced by FEV1, FVC and PEFR values which were significantly lower than that predicted for normal subjects, was detected in elderly individuals with ischaemic heart disease. The pattern of the pulmonary function defect was of restrictive type in the majority. In this study, FEV1, FVC and PEFR values as a percentage of predicted tended to decline as the number of coronary arteries involved increased. FEV1, FVC and PEFR values as a percentage of predicted tended to increase as the ejection fraction increased.
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Dr Dileep Rampure
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