Mohammed Yousufuddin, M.B.B.S., M.D.

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• Prognostic implication of concurrent COPD in patients hospitalized for acute decompensated heart failure Rochester, Minn.

  The presence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) would confer increased in-hospital mortality and length of hospital stay in patients with acute decompensated heart failure Assess the (1) prevalence of COPD in patients who are hospitalized for acute decompensated heart failure and (2) the association between COPD and in-hospital mortality or length of stay in this cohort.