Lower extremity and carotid artery disease in COPD

Lower extremity and carotid artery disease in COPD

In view of their common chronic inflammatory process, we sought to determine the linkage between peripheral artery disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). 107 COPD patients (mean±sd age 64.6±10.4 years, 52.2% male) and 22 control smokers without previously diagnosed peripheral arte...

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Main Authors: Carmen Pizarro, Fabian Linnhoff, Fabian van Essen, Simon Pingel, Christian Alexander Schaefer, Nadjib Schahab, Rolf Fimmers, Georg Nickenig, Dirk Skowasch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Respiratory Society 2016-10-01
Series:ERJ Open Research
Online Access:http://openres.ersjournals.com/content/2/4/00037-2016.full

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