Usefulness of the 6-minute walk test as a screening test for pulmonary arterial enlargement in COPD

PURPOSE: Pulmonary hypertension and exercise-induced oxygen desaturation (EID) influence acute exacerbation of COPD. Computed tomography (CT)-detected pulmonary artery (PA) enlargement is independently associated with acute COPD exacerbations. Associations between PA to aorta (PA:A) ratio and EID in...

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Autores principales: Oki, Yutaro, Kaneko, Masahiro, Fujimoto, Yukari, Sakai, Hideki, Misu, Shogo, Mitani, Yuji, Yamaguchi, Takumi, Yasuda, Hisafumi, Ishikawa, Akira
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/PMC5126000/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27920514
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S114497

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5126000/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27920514
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S114497

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