How can a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) affects the vascular system (heart failure right side)
COPD can cause high blood pressure in the arteries that carry blood to the lungs. Pulmonary hypertension occurs when the small arteries of the lung become narrow, what hinders the flow of blood. Blood pressure increases. The right side of the heart must work harder to pump blood and may become enlarged. Finally, heart failure right can be developed. Right-side heart failure occurs in about 1 in 20 people. Coronary artery disease is the most common cause of heart failure in the United States, but can be a complication of other diseases. Heart failure may affect the right side of the heart (right ventricle), the side left (left ventricle), or both sides. In right heart failure, the right ventricle loses its pumping function, and blood may in other areas of the body, producing congestion. Congestion affects the liver, gastrointestinal tract and extremities. In addition, the right ventricle can be unable to pump blood efficiently the lungs and to the left. Causes of right ventricular heart failure include left-sided heart the failure and lung diseases like chronic bronchitis and emphysema. Other causes are congenital heart disease, blood clots in the pulmonary arteries, hypertension lung and heart valve disease.
COPD -- i on NIH -- episode #0007, segment 4
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