Perfusion Abnormalities in COPD: How Do Emphysema and Airways Contribute?

Abstract

COPD and vascular disease are closely related and often comorbid due to overlapping risk factors and interacting pathophysiologies. COPDGene evidence has demonstrated a reduction of detectible peripheral blood vessels associated with CT evidence of emphysema. 1 Vascular abnormalities may be influenced from obstructive disease through hypoxemic