Aortic Enlargement in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and emphysema: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) COPD Study.

BACKGROUND: The prevalence of abdominal aortic aneurysm is high in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) population. Emphysema involves proteolytic destruction of elastic fibers. Therefore, emphysema may also contribute to thoracic aorta dilatation. This study assessed aorta dilation in smoke...

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Publié dans:Int J Cardiol
Auteurs principaux: Fujikura, Kana, Albini, Alessandra, Barr, R Graham, Parikh, Megha, Kern, Julia, Hoffman, Eric, Hiura, Grant T., Bluemke, David A., Carr, James, Lima, João, Michos, Erin D., Gomes, Antoinette S., Prince, Martin R.
Format: Artigo
Langue:Inglês
Publié: 2021
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Accès en ligne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8026709/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33587941
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2021.02.017
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