RESUMO
Clinical features, hemodynamics and quality of life of elderly patients with a combination of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and arterial hypertension were assessed. The results of the study suggest that in the case of a combination of arterial hypertension and chronic lung disease, not only distinct clinical, functional and hemodynamic changes are observed, but also a significant decrease in the quality of life, largely determined by the severity of the symptoms of both diseases, as well as the severity of the comorbid pathology. The revealed changes in elderly patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and arterial hypertension dictate the need to optimize, first of all, the outpatient stage of observation and rehabilitation of elderly patients with comorbid pathology.
