Stage 4 COPD, Chronic Pulmonary Heart Disease and COVID 19 Infection

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a chronic disease of the respiratory airways due to partially reversible obstruction of the airflow caused by an abnormal inflammatory response to toxic substances, most often cigarette smoke. COVID-19 is a mild to severe respiratory disease caused by a coronavirus from the genus Betacoronavirus. Chronic cor pulmonale is a severe complication of COPD. Stroke is common in the course of COVID disease,with a major impact on the patient.