Vascular Disease
Premature vascular and bone changes occur in COPD patients
Published in Women's Health Weekly, July 5th, 2007
Researchers in the United Kingdom have found that patients with COPD, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, have greater arterial stiffness. The researchers also found that those COPD patients with osteoporosis, a common complication of the respiratory disease, had even greater arterial stiffness. These premature signs of aging may explain why COPD patients are at greater risk for cardiovascular disease.
Their research results appear in the second issue for June 2007 of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, published by the American Thoracic Society.
Dennis J. Shale, M.D., of the Department of Respiratory Medicine at...
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