Palliative care is appropriate for patients with COPD and should be integrated with disease-
specific therapies. The line between life prolonging and palliative care undoubtedly overlaps …

Аннотация В последние годы пришло большее понимание гетерогенности и сложности
хронической обструктивной болезни легких (ХОБЛ) с точки зрения интегральной …

The hypothesis that a developmental component plays a role in subsequent disease initially
arose from epidemiological studies relating birth size to both risk factors for cardiovascular …

Background Chronic inflammatory airway disease (CIAD) has emerged as independent risk
factor for cardiovascular mortality and ischemic stroke but the impact of co-existing CIAD in …

Essential hypertension and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease often coexist in the same
patient. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether the addition of chronic obstructive …

Methods. 116 patients with pulmonary embolism (PE) were enrolled in a retrospective study.
Clinical data as well as echocardiographic and lower limb ultrasonography records were …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) affects approximately 10% of adults older
than 40 years and is an important causes of disability and death in elderly subjects. A large …

Objective—Platelet–neutrophil interactions play a key role in cardiovascular disease and
inflammatory processes. Src family kinases mediate P-selectin glycoprotein ligand-1–Mac-1 …

Background There is discordance in the literature regarding the presence of chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and the development of venous thromboemboli …

Introduction Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with risk of
venous thromboembolism (VTE) events. A detailed understanding of which clinical features …