Systemic and Pulmonary Vascular Remodelling in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is associated with subclinical systemic atherosclerosis and pulmonary vascular remodelling characterized by intimal hyperplasia and luminal narrowing. We aimed to determine differences in the intimal thickening of systemic and pulmonary arteries in COPD s...

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Main Authors: Mariana Muñoz-Esquerre, Marta López-Sánchez, Ignacio Escobar, Daniel Huertas, Rosa Penín, María Molina-Molina, Frederic Manresa, Jordi Dorca, Salud Santos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4821623?pdf=render