Anticholinergics aggravate the imbalance of the autonomic nervous system in stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Abstract Background Inhaled anticholinergics, recommended as first-line maintenance treatment for patients with moderate-to-severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), has been demonstrated to be associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular diseases. Nevertheless, why COPD patients u...

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Main Authors: Wei Yuan, Shan Nie, Haoyan Wang, Qiufen Xu, Nan Jia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-05-01
Series:BMC Pulmonary Medicine
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12890-019-0848-0