Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a debilitating lung disease almost
exclusively related to tobacco smoke. COPD symptoms are typical of numerous other …

Rationale: Pulmonary hypertension is an independent predictor of mortality in patients with
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Additionally, histologic specimens have …

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

CT is a powerful method for noninvasive assessment of the lung. Advancements to CT
technology have guided the high-resolution structural and functional assessment of lung …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is heterogenous in its clinical manifestations
and disease progression. Patients often have disease courses that are difficult to predict with …

Abstract Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), a growing health concern, is the
fourth leading cause of death in the United States. While people habituated to smoking …

It is well-established that COPD patients have a burden of vascular disease that cannot be
fully-explained by smoking history but the mechanistic links between atherosclerosis and …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is considered to be a complex,
multicomponent, heterogeneous disease, the pathology, clinical and functional presentation …

Lung imaging is increasingly being used to diagnose, quantify, and phenotype chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Although spirometry is the gold standard for the …

Apparently herding cats is difficult but that challenge pales when compared with what was
attempted by the group of pulmonologists and pulmonary radiologists who combined to …