Boala pulmonară obstructivă cronică – punte patogenică între afectarea pulmonară și cea cardiacă | [Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - a pathogenic lifeline between pulmonary and cardiac involvement]

Abstract

The patient is 64 years old, known with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic respiratory insufficiency, many exacerbations in the last year that required hospitalization and also with other comorbidities (diabetes, hypertension, chronic renal disease, chronic viral hepatitis with C virus), was presented to the emergency room with systemic and pulmonary congestion. The evolution was with an episode of monomorphic ventricular tachycardia, due to hypokalaemia, hypoxia, and acidosis (occurring in the context of severe obstructive pulmonary disease) requiring electrical cardioversion. The prognosis in this patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease depends on the frequency of exacerbations and infections, but also on the associated comorbidities.