CT emphysema predicts thoracic aortic calcification in smokers with and without COPD

COPD: Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 404-410

  Dransfield, Mark T ^a,c   Huang, Frank ^a   Nath, Hrudaya ^b   Singh, Satinder P ^b   Bailey, William C ^a   Washko, George R ^d  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiovascular disease; COPD; CT scanning; emphysema; thoracic aortic calcification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG VOLUME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING; THORACIC AORTA;

AGED; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; CALCINOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SPIROMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78650451448     PISSN: 15412555     EISSN: 15412563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15412555.2010.528085     Document Type: Article

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