Echocardiography, Spirometry, and Systemic Acute-Phase Inflammatory Proteins in Smokers with COPD or CHF: An Observational Study

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and chronic heart failure (CHF) may coexist in elderly patients with a history of smoking. Low-grade systemic inflammation induced by smoking may represent the link between these 2 conditions. In this study, we investigated left ventricular dysfunction in...

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Autores principales: Beghé, Bianca, Verduri, Alessia, Bottazzi, Barbara, Stendardo, Mariarita, Fucili, Alessandro, Balduzzi, Sara, Leuzzi, Chiara, Papi, Alberto, Mantovani, Alberto, Fabbri, Leonardo M., Ceconi, Claudio, Boschetto, Piera
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3823838/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24244639
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0080166

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3823838/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24244639
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0080166

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