Méndez-Bailón, ManuelLorenzo-Villalba, NoelRomero-Correa, MiriamJosa-Laorden, ClaudiaInglada-Galiana, LuisMenor-Campos, EvaGómez-Aguirre, NoeliaClemente-Sarasa, CarolinaSalas-Campos, RosarioGarcía-Redecillas, CarmenAsenjo-Martínez, MaríaTrullàs, Joan CarlesCortés-Rodríguez, Begoñade la Guerra-Acebal, CarlaSerrado Iglesias, AnaAparicio-Santos, ReyesFormiga, FrancescAndrès, EmmanuelAramburu-Bodas, OscarSalamanca-Bautista, PradoOn Behalf Of Epicter Study Group,2023-05-032023-05-032022-06-272077-0383http://hdl.handle.net/10668/21305Introduction: There are studies that evaluate the association between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and heart failure (HF) but there is little evidence regarding the prognosis of this comorbidity in older patients admitted for acute HF. In addition, little attention has been given to the extracardiac and extrapulmonary symptoms presented by patients with HF and COPD in more advanced stages. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prognostic impact of COPD on mortality in elderly patients with acute and advanced HF and the clinical manifestations and management from a palliative point of view. Methods: The EPICTER study (“Epidemiological survey of advanced heart failure”) is a cross-sectional, multicenter project that consecutively collected patients admitted for HF in 74 Spanish hospitals. Demographic, clinical, treatment, organ-dependent terminal criteria (NYHA III-IV, LVEFenAttribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/advance heart failurehronic obstructive pulmonary diseasepalliative careresearch article35806992open access10.3390/jcm11133709PMC9267665https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/11/13/3709/pdf?version=1656329292https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9267665/pdf