Co-existence of COPD and bronchiectasis: a risk factor for a high ratio of main pulmonary artery to aorta diameter (PA:A) from computed tomography in COPD patients

BACKGROUND: Pulmonary vascular disease, especially pulmonary hypertension, is an important complication of COPD. Bronchiectasis is considered not only a comorbidity of COPD, but also a risk factor for vascular diseases. The main pulmonary artery to aorta diameter ratio (PA:A ratio) has been found to...

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Autores principales: Dou, Shuang, Zheng, Chunyan, Ji, Xiuli, Wang, Wei, Xie, Mengshuang, Cui, Liwei, Xiao, Wei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5834179/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29520135
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/COPD.S156126

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