L. Puente Maestú (Madrid, Spain), D. O'Donnell (Kingston, Canada), R. Farré (Barcelona, Spain), B. Degano (Beasancon Cedex, France)
Right ventricular diastolic function in patients with COPD and heart failure, depending on endothelial function
A. Zhuiko, M. Gertcen, E. Atroschenko (Minsk, Belarus)
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Agreement of severity stages and exacerbations building the new COPD risk groups
S. Dürr, S. Zogg, S. Maier, E. H. Steveling, D. Miedinger, J. D. Leuppi (Basel, Zurich, Switzerland)
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Malnutrition is associated to poor exercise capacity irrespective of dynamic hyperinflation in COPD patients
E. Teopompi, P. Tzani, M. Aiello, S. Ramponi, E. Marangio, E. Clini, A. Chetta (Parma, Modena, Italy)
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Effects of ghrelin on the dyspnea pattern in cachectic COPD: Exploratory analysis of a substudy of a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of ghrelin treatment
K. Miki, R. Maekura, N. Nagaya, S. Kitada, M. Miki, K. Yoshimura, H. Matsui, A. Satomi, H. Hashimoto, M. Mori, K. Kangawa (Toyonaka, Suita, Japan)
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Short-acting bronchodilator reversibility does not predict the response to long-term treatment by indacaterol 150 µg in COPD: REVERBREZ study
P. R. Burgel, G. El Azzi, V. Le Gros, G. Deslée (Paris, Rueil-Malmaison, Reims, France)
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The inflammatory response to high doses of terbutaline during an acute exercise bout in patients with severe COPD
S. L. Karlsson, M. Hostrup, A. Kalsen, N. Godtfredsen, V. Backer (Copenhagen, Denmark)
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Ventilatory efficiency: An independent mechanism affected in exercise of GOLD 1 and 2 COPD patients
I. Caviedes Soto, R. Soto (Santiago, Chile)
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Exercise related desaturation in patients with COPD – Another step towards phenotyping the disease
R. Kalinov, V. Hodzhev, B. Marinov, S. Kostianev (Plovdiv, Bulgaria)
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Dynamic oxyhemoglobin saturation changes during Walking and cycling tests in COPD
M. L. Chuang, I. F. Lin (Taichung, Taiwan)
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The effects of bronchodilators on regional lung sound distribution in patients with COPD
M. Mineshita, S. Matsuoka, T. Miyazawa (Kawasaki, Japan)
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Association of heart rate recovery after exercise test with exercise capacity in patients with stable COPD
H. Liu, J. Liu, W. Yang (Shanghai, China)
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The oxygen uptake efficiency in patients with stable COPD
C. Wu, J. Liu, W. Yang (Shanghai, China)
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Value of proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy of brain to study the cerebral metabolic abnormalities in COPD: Initial experience
R. El-Helbawy, R. Yasin, M. Shawky (Menoufiya, Egypt)
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The influence of hyperinflation and systemic inflammation on the 6 minute walking distance in patients with COPD
T. Przybylowski, R. Rubinsztajn, M. Maskey-Warzechowska, M. Paplinska-Goryca, P. Nejman-Gryz, K. Karwat, R. Chazan (Warsaw, Poland)
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Cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET) may show initial left cardiac dysfunction in patients with moderate-severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
F. Costa, B. Vagaggini, F. Dini, L. Malagrinò, S. Antonelli, C. De Simone, G. De Cusatis, S. Santerini, P. Paggiaro (Pisa, Italy)
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Association of pulmonary dysfunction with physical inactivity and loss of muscle mass in elderly COPD patients
K. Yoshimura, S. Sato, S. Muro, M. Yamada, H. Kiyokawa, M. Mishima, T. Aoyama (Kyoto, Japan)
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An automated algorithm to quantify neural respiratory drive in acute exacerbations of COPD
E. S. Suh, F. Fedele, V. Galgano, M. Ramsay, S. Mandal, T. Parlett, A. Coleman, P. Murphy, J. Moxham, N. Hart (London, United Kingdom)
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Impact of the nutritional status on pulmonary function in COPD patients
E. Tangour, S. Mhamdi, S. Dabboussi, Z. Moatameri, C. Aichaouia, A. Sellami, S. Amira, H. Zaibi, E. J. Alaa, M. Khadhraoui, R. Cheikh (Tunis, Tunisia)
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Correlation between muscular dysfunction and vascular inflammation in COPD
A. Gupta, R. Gupta, S. Sood, A. Agarwal (Rohtak, India)
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COPD case-finding application: SYNERGY project
C. Vargas, F. Velickovski, F. Burgos, A. Alonso, L. Ceccaroni, J. Roca (Barcelona, Spain; México, Mexico)
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