Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a complex disease manifested primarily as airflow limitation that is partially reversible as confirmed by spirometry. COPD patients frequently develop systemic manifestations, such as…
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has been traditionally considered a self-inflicted disease caused by tobacco smoking. Current available evidence, however, indicates that the pathogenesis of COPD needs to consider the…
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a highly heterogeneous disease with limited adequate treatments. Biomarkers—which may relate to disease susceptibility, diagnosis, prognosis, or treatment response—are ideally suited to dissecting such…
Computerized tomography in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has been the subject of intense interest in the research and clinical community. Methods have been developed to objectively detect and quantify…
The term asthma chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) overlap (ACO) has been popularized to describe people who simultaneously have features of both diseases. Analysis of the basis of disease classification…
Evaluating symptoms is a central part of the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) assessment system as suggested by the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD). Considering the pros…
Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) was the first genetic risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) described. In the more than 50 years since its description, the disease continues to provide…
Although smoking results in lung pathology in many, still not all smokers develop chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Roughly a quarter of patients with COPD have never smoked. An understanding…
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) affects about 300 million people worldwide, resulting in approximately 64 million disability-adjusted life years. Household air pollution affects almost 3 billion people worldwide and is…
Acute Artery Occlusion During Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in a Patient With an Anomalous Origin of the Left Circumflex Coronary Artery Juan Gabriel Acosta-Vélez, MD Bruno García del Blanco, MD Josep Guindo, MD…
