Endocrine Abstracts

The purpose of the work: to compare the changes in the global longitudinal strain of the left ventricle in obese patients with and without COPD.Material and methods of research: group I consisted of obese patients without COPD (n=50; 21 - males, mean age - 48.8±9.1 years). Group II – 40 patients with obesity and COPD, comparable in age, gender. Group III – 37 patients with COPD without obesity, comparable in age, gender and risk g...