Vascular inflammation and aortic stiffness: potential mechanisms of increased vascular risk in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

BACKGROUND: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a complex inflammatory condition in which an important extra-pulmonary manifestation is cardiovascular disease. We hypothesized that COPD patients would have increased aortic inflammation and stiffness, as candidate mechanisms mediating inc...

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Autores principales: Fisk, Marie, Cheriyan, Joseph, Mohan, Divya, McEniery, Carmel M., Forman, Julia, Cockcroft, John R., Rudd, James H. F., Tal-Singer, Ruth, Hopkinson, Nicholas S., Polkey, Michael I., Wilkinson, Ian B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5968523/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29793484
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12931-018-0792-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5968523/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29793484
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12931-018-0792-1

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