TY - JOUR AU - Schoos, Mikkel Malby AU - Dalsgaard, Morten AU - Kjærgaard, Jesper AU - Moesby, Dorte AU - Jensen, Sidse Graff AU - Steffensen, Ida AU - Iversen, Kasper Karmark PY - 2013 DA - 2013/10/12 TI - Echocardiographic predictors of exercise capacity and mortality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease JO - BMC Cardiovascular Disorders SP - 84 VL - 13 IS - 1 AB - Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) reduces exercise capacity, but lung function parameters do not fully explain functional class and lung-heart interaction could be the explanation. We evaluated echocardiographic predictors of mortality and six minutes walking distance (6MWD), a marker for quality of life and mortality in COPD. SN - 1471-2261 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2261-13-84 DO - 10.1186/1471-2261-13-84 ID - Schoos2013 ER -