Is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease associated with increased arterial stiffness?

Julie H Janner; David A McAllister; Nina S Godtfredsen; Eva Prescott; Jørgen Vestbo

doi:10.1016/j.rmed.2011.08.016

Is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease associated with increased arterial stiffness?

Julie H Janner, David A McAllister, Nina S Godtfredsen, Eva Prescott, Jørgen Vestbo

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Abstract

We hypothesize that airflow limitation is associated with increasing arterial stiffness and that having COPD increases a non-invasive measure of arterial stiffness - the aortic augmentation index (AIx) - independently of other CVD risk factors.

Original language	English
Journal	Respiratory medicine
Volume	106
Issue number	3
Pages (from-to)	397-405
Number of pages	9
ISSN	0954-6111
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rmed.2011.08.016
Publication status	Published - 2012

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