Chemosensitivity, Cardiovascular Risk, and the Ventilatory Response to Exercise in COPD.

COPD is associated with elevated cardiovascular risk and a potentiated ventilatory response to exercise. Enhanced carotid chemoreceptor (CC) activity/sensitivity is present in other clinical conditions, has been shown to contribute to sympathetic vasoconstrictor outflow, and is predictive of mortali...

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Main Authors: Michael K Stickland, Desi P Fuhr, Heather Edgell, Brad W Byers, Mohit Bhutani, Eric Y L Wong, Craig D Steinback
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4927073?pdf=render