Vascular inflammation and aortic stiffness: potential mechanisms of increased vascular risk in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Vascular inflammation and aortic stiffness: potential mechanisms of increased vascular risk in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Abstract Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a complex inflammatory condition in which an important extra-pulmonary manifestation is cardiovascular disease. We hypothesized that COPD patients would have increased aortic inflammation and stiffness, as candidate mechanisms media...

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Main Authors: Marie Fisk, Joseph Cheriyan, Divya Mohan, Carmel M. McEniery, Julia Forman, John R. Cockcroft, James H. F. Rudd, Ruth Tal-Singer, Nicholas S. Hopkinson, Michael I. Polkey, Ian B. Wilkinson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-05-01
Series:Respiratory Research
Subjects:
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
α1 antitrypsin deficiency
Vascular inflammation
Aortic stiffness
Positron emission tomography
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12931-018-0792-1

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