Background Pulmonary vascular remodeling is essential for understanding the
pathogenesis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The total cross-sectional …

Rationale and Objectives Changes in the geometry of the chest wall due to lung
hyperinflation occur in COPD. However, the quantitative assessment of impaired lung …

Objective Osteoporosis, which is now recognized as a major comorbidity of chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), must be diagnosed by appropriate methods. The …

Objective: To investigate the associations between intrapulmonary vascular volume (IPVV)
depicted on inspiratory and expiratory CT scans and disease severity in COPD patients, and …

Objective To explore the relationship between endogenous hydrogen sulfide (H2S) and
high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) indexes in pulmonary vascular remodeling …

The aim of this study was to investigate the vascular alteration of the whole lung and
individual lobes in patients with COPD, and assess the association between pulmonary …

Rationale and Objectives We analyzed changes in quantitative pulmonary artery and vein
parameters to investigate pulmonary vascular remodeling characteristics in chronic …

The aims of this study were to perform a longitudinal evaluation of the cross‐sectional area
(CSA) of small pulmonary vessels and the extent of emphysema measured on computed …

The morphologic alterations of pulmonary small vessels measured by computed
tomography (CT) have been used to evaluate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease …