{"id":10573,"date":"2026-09-12T13:25:45","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T10:25:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/?p=10573"},"modified":"2026-09-12T13:25:45","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T10:25:45","slug":"copd-cardiovascular-risk-esc-2026-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/copd-cardiovascular-risk-esc-2026-2\/","title":{"rendered":"COPD &#038; Cardiovascular Risk | ESC 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>COPD &amp; Cardiovascular Risk | ESC 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Source: ERS International Congress 2026, 6 September 2026.<\/span><br \/>\n<span>ESC Congress, Munich \u2014 28\u201331 August. 2026.<\/span><br \/>\n<span>The world\u2019s largest international respiratory medicine congress.2026, 5\u20139 September 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>* COPD should be viewed as a cardiopulmonary disease, not simply a respiratory disorder.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>C 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>* COPD is not only a lung disease: in mild\u2013moderate COPD, cardiovascular disease and cancer\u2014not respiratory failure\u2014are major causes of death.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>* Actively screen for CVD: CAD, HF, arrhythmias and pulmonary hypertension should be sought rather than waiting for symptoms.<\/span><br \/>\n<span>* HF is common: reported in roughly 10\u201350% of COPD patients.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>* Troponin: frequently elevated during acute COPD exacerbations and does not automatically mean type-1 MI; interpret with symptoms, ECG and serial troponin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>* CT offers a cardiovascular opportunity: chest CT performed for COPD\/lung assessment can also reveal coronary calcification and pulmonary-vessel enlargement.<\/span><br \/>\n<span>* Echo \u2192 CMR: hyperinflation can impair echocardiographic windows; CMR is useful when echo is inadequate.<\/span><br \/>\n<span>* Exacerbations matter: cardiovascular risk rises substantially after severe COPD exacerbations \u2192 reassess CV risk after an exacerbation.<\/span><br \/>\n<span>* \u2060PH-COPD: PAH-targeted pulmonary vasodilators are not recommended for mild\u2013moderate PH, as benefit is unproven and they may worsen V\/Q mismatch and hypoxemia. In severe PH (PVR &gt;5 WU), individualized therapy may be considered only at an expert PH center after right heart cath (RHC). RHC is the gold standard for confirming\/classifying PH and distinguishing lung-related, left-heart, or mixed.<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ersnet.org\/congress-and-events\/congress\/congress-news-and-highlights\/programme-highlights-for-assemblies\/programme-highlights-pulmonary-vascular-diseases-ers-congress-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.ersnet.org\/congress-and-events\/congress\/congress-news-and-highlights\/programme-highlights-for-assemblies\/programme-highlights-pulmonary-vascular-diseases-ers-congress-2026\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1789284444829000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0PuCy8rPv4LA01N3WIE4vk\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.ersnet.org\/<wbr \/>congress-and-events\/congress\/<wbr \/>congress-news-and-highlights\/<wbr \/>programme-highlights-for-<wbr \/>assemblies\/programme-<wbr \/>highlights-pulmonary-vascular-<wbr \/>diseases-ers-congress-2026\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COPD &amp; Cardiovascular Risk | ESC 2026 Source: ERS International Congress 2026, 6 September 2026. ESC Congress, Munich \u2014 28\u201331 August. 2026. The world\u2019s largest international respiratory medicine congress.2026, 5\u20139 September 2026 * COPD should be viewed as a cardiopulmonary disease, not simply a respiratory disorder. C 2026 * COPD is not only a lung [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/145"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10573"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10574,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10573\/revisions\/10574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jordan-cardiac.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}