Pulmonary emphysema and atherosclerosis: association or syndrome?

Abstract Background Atherosclerosis is an inflammatory reaction of the vessel wall. Emphysema may induce systemic inflammation, part of which may be the development or progression of atherosclerosis. So, the relationship between emphysema and atherosclerosis, whether both are due to the same causati...

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Main Authors: Atef W. Elrefai, Mohammad Mossaad Alsayyad, Elsayed Mohamed Abd El-Hamid Hassan Dawood
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-10-01
Series:The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s43055-020-00319-7