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Morphological changes in small pulmonary vessels are associated with severe acute exacerbation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

BACKGROUND: Pulmonary vascular remodeling is essential for understanding the pathogenesis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The total cross-sectional area (CSA) of small pulmonary vessels has been reported to correlate with the pulmonary artery pressure, and this technique has enabled...

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Autores principales: Yoshimura, Katsuhiro, Suzuki, Yuzo, Uto, Tomohiro, Sato, Jun, Imokawa, Shiro, Suda, Takafumi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4934566/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27418816
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S107424