Respiratory Medicine
Volume 106, Issue 3 , Pages 397-405 , March 2012

Is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease associated with increased arterial stiffness?

  • Julie H. Janner

      Affiliations

    • Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hvidovre Hospital, Kettegaard Allé 30, 2650 Hvidovre, Denmark
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Cardiology and Respiratory Medicine 253, Hvidovre University Hospital, Kettegård Allé 30, DK-2650 Hvidovre, Denmark. Tel.: +45 3632 3165; fax: +45 3632 3755.
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  • David A. McAllister

      Affiliations

    • ELEGI/Colt Laboratories, MRC Centre for Inflammation Research, University of Edinburgh, 47 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4TJ, Scotland, United Kingdom
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  • Nina S. Godtfredsen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Respiratory Medicine, Bispebjerg University Hospital, Bispebjerg Bakke 23, 2400 Copenhagen, Denmark
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  • Eva Prescott

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Bispebjerg University Hospital, Bispebjerg Bakke 23, 2400 Copenhagen, Denmark
    • The Copenhagen City Heart Study, Bispebjerg University Hospital, Bispebjerg Bakke 23, 2400 Copenhagen, Denmark
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  • Jørgen Vestbo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hvidovre Hospital, Kettegaard Allé 30, 2650 Hvidovre, Denmark
    • Respiratory Research Group, Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Southmoor Road, M23 9LT Manchester, UK

Received 17 March 2011 ,Accepted 16 August 2011.

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PII: S0954-6111(11)00293-9

doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2011.08.016

Respiratory Medicine
Volume 106, Issue 3 , Pages 397-405 , March 2012

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