Open Access<p>Association Between Systemic and Pulmonary Vascular Dysfunction in COPD</p>
Author(s) -
Lucilla Piccari,
Roberto Del Pozo,
Isabel Blanco,
Jéssica García-Lucio,
Yolanda Torralba,
Olga Tura-Ceide,
Jorge Moisés,
Marta Sitges,
Víctor I. Peinado,
Joan Albert Barberà
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease/international journal of copd
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1178-2005
pISSN - 1176-9106
DOI - 10.2147/copd.s257679
Subject(s) - medicine , copd , pulse wave velocity , cardiology , arterial stiffness , endothelial dysfunction , systemic inflammation , blood pressure , inflammation
In chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), endothelial dysfunction and stiffness of systemic arteries may contribute to increased cardiovascular risk. Pulmonary vascular disease (PVD) is frequent in COPD. The association between PVD and systemic vascular dysfunction has not been thoroughly evaluated in COPD.