Pulmonary vascular involvement in COPD

Symposium
Chairs: O. C. Burghuber (Vienna, Austria), W. MacNee (Edinburgh, United Kingdom), R. RodríGuez-Roisin (Barcelona, Spain)
Aims: The aims of this session are to:
- assess how pulmonary vascular changes are part of the understanding of COPD
- identify these vascular concepts in the pathogenesis of COPD
- recognise the impact of these vascular abnormalities on COPD management

Animal models of pulmonary hypertension in COPD J. Wright (Vancouver, Canada)
Pulmonary vascular injury, repair and remodelling in COPD patients J. Barbera (Barcelona, Spain)
Vasoactive and growth factors in pulmonary emphysema N. Voelkel (Richmond, United States of America)
Therapeutic update of severe pulmonary hypertension in COPD A. Chaouat (Vandoeuvre-Les-Nancy, France)