[Clinico-Pathogenetic Relationship of Cardiovascular Diseases and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease].

Close relationship between cardiovascular diseases and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has attracted attention over the past 15 years as one of the aspects of systemic manifestations of COPD. The high prevalence of cardiovascular diseases in patients with COPD is explained within the concept of low-level persistent systemic inflammation. This review presents current data on the prevalence of cardiovascular diseases and mortality in the population of patients with COPD.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and diabetes: a look at the epidemiology, pathogenetic mechanisms, treatment.

Lately, increasingly studied the negative impact of diabetes type 2 on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). According to literary data diabetes type 2 is more often diagnosed in patients with COPD in comparison with the general population: diabetes type 2 occur among patients with COPD in 18.7%, in comparison with patients without COPD - in 10,5%.

[Pulmonary rehabilitation as an effective method for optimizing therapeutic and preventive measures in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease concurrent with metabolic syndrome].

Aim: to evaluate the impact of a pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) cycle based on patient education, smoking cessation, physical exercises, and balanced nutrition in addition to standard therapy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease COPD in patients with this condition.

Subjects And Methods: 70 patients (27 (38.6%) women and 43 (61.

[Asthma and metabolic syndrome: Clinical and pathogenetic relationships].

Asthma and metabolic syndrome (MS) are common and social diseases. External and internal factors influencing the development and manifestations of asthma are identified; among which there is obesity that is a major risk factor for MS. Accordingly, the concurrence of asthma and MS and to study their clinical and pathogenetic relationships are a topical problem.