Quantification of regional pulmonary blood flow parameters via multidetector-row CT: evaluation of vascular-based phenotypes of COPD
Emphysema, a subset of COPD, occurs due to an abnormal inflammatory response to noxious gases or particles leading an influx of immunologic cells. Recent studies have demonstrated endothelial dysfunction in COPD subjects and are suggestive of a vascular phenotype present in COPD that is not fully ch...
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University of Iowa
2010
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| Online Access: | https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/456 https://ir.uiowa.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1641&context=etd |