74-year-old male admitted for heart failure: heart failure only?

Authors

  • Francisco López-García Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital General Universitario de Elche, Elche (Alicante), Spain
  • Cristina Martínez-Solís Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital General Universitario de Elche, Elche (Alicante), Spain
  • María del Pilar Benito-Muñoz Estudiante de Medicina, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Elche (Alicante), Spain

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32818/reccmi.a4n1a14

Keywords:

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, heart chronic failure, comorbidities.

Abstract

A 74-year-old male smoker with a history of hypertension, DM type 2, dyslipidemia, permanent AF, and chronic heart failure (HF) who was admitted due to acute cardiac decompensation. The response to treatment with diuretics was very good and the patient was discharged with a request for echocardiography and spirometry in the phase of clinical stability of his HF. Spirometry was diagnostic of a severe COPD, which was undiagnosed, so it was treated with bronchodilators. The case illustrates the problem of the underdiagnosis of COPD in patients with HF even though both diseases coexist very frequently in the same patient.

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Published

2019-04-30

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López-García F, Martínez-Solís C, Benito-Muñoz M del P. 74-year-old male admitted for heart failure: heart failure only? . Rev Esp Casos Clin Med Intern [Internet]. 2019 Apr. 30 [cited 2024 Dec. 22];4(1):39-41. Available from: https://www.reccmi.com/RECCMI/article/view/399

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