Arterial stiffness in symptomatic smokers with normal lung function

Nicola Scichilone, Antonino Tuttolomondo, Carlo Maida, Alida Benfante, Jessica Peluso, Anna Cirrincione, Valerio Vassallo, Antonio Pinto

Source: ERJ Open Res, 3 (3) 00037-2017; 10.1183/23120541.00037-2017
Journal Issue: July
Disease area: Airway diseases

Congress or journal article abstractFull text journal articlePDF journal article, handout or slides

Rating: 0
You must login to grade this presentation.

Share or cite this content

Citations should be made in the following way:
Nicola Scichilone, Antonino Tuttolomondo, Carlo Maida, Alida Benfante, Jessica Peluso, Anna Cirrincione, Valerio Vassallo, Antonio Pinto. Arterial stiffness in symptomatic smokers with normal lung function. ERJ Open Res, 3 (3) 00037-2017; 10.1183/23120541.00037-2017

You must login to share this Presentation/Article on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn or by email.

Member's Comments

No comment yet.
You must Login to comment this presentation.


Related content which might interest you:
Arterial stiffness measurement on lung transplanted patients.
Source: International Congress 2017 – Lung transplant outcomes
Year: 2017

Arterial stiffness in patients with COPD
Source: Annual Congress 2010 - COPD: cardiovascular comorbidities
Year: 2010


Arterial stiffness and endothelial dysfunction in stable COPD patients
Source: Annual Congress 2012 - COPD is not a pulmonary disease alone
Year: 2012

Arterial stiffness in patients with asthma
Source: Eur Respir J 2007; 30: Suppl. 51, 552s
Year: 2007

Pulmonary distension restrains pulmonary blood flow during exercise in COPD patients
Source: Annual Congress 2008 - Pulmonary arterial hypertension and other pulmonary vascular diseases
Year: 2008


Arterial stiffness in COPD is not related to endothelial function
Source: Annual Congress 2008 - Pathophysiology of COPD
Year: 2008


The association between lung function and arterial stiffness in young childhood
Source: Eur Respir J 2014; 44: 530-532
Year: 2014


Pulmonary arterial pressure response during exercise in COPD patients and healthy subjects
Source: Annual Congress 2009 - Pulmonary vascular diseases
Year: 2009


Arterial stiffness in patients with different severity of COPD
Source: Annual Congress 2010 - New diagnostic approaches in respiratory function
Year: 2010

Distal airway dysfunction identifies pulmonary inflammation in asymptomatic smokers
Source: ERJ Open Res, 2 (4) 00066-2016; 10.1183/23120541.00066-2016
Year: 2016



COPD patients exhibit abnormally increased peripheral neutrophil stiffening not different from smokers with normal lung function
Source: Annual Congress 2009 - Functional insights into COPD
Year: 2009

Small airway function and peripheral airway disease in healthy subjects and smokers
Source: Annual Congress 2013 –Monitoring lung function in airway diseases
Year: 2013

Measurement of lung distensibility in healthy children
Source: International Congress 2017 – Lung function practice in daily life
Year: 2017


Impairment of lung function in asymptomatic smokers
Source: Eur Respir J 2005; 26: Suppl. 49, 152s
Year: 2005

Increased arterial remodelling in smokers and mild-moderate COPD patients are indicative of potential early onset of pulmonary hypertension.
Source: Virtual Congress 2021 – Mechanistic pathways in chronic and new lung diseases
Year: 2021



Arterial stiffness in systemic scleroderma patients with restrictive lung disease
Source: Annual Congress 2011 - Rare diffuse lung diseases
Year: 2011

Arterial stiffness, hemodynamic and functional profile at exacerbation and recovery in COPD
Source: International Congress 2018 – Chronic respiratory disease: effects of rehabilitation interventions in patients
Year: 2018


Histopathology of idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension in patients with low or normal diffusion capacity
Source: Annual Congress 2012 - Pulmonary circulation: clinical end-points and clinical physiology
Year: 2012

Pulmonary arterial pressure at rest and during exercise in normal controls
Source: Annual Congress 2008 - Pulmonary vascular medicine
Year: 2008

Arterial stiffness in patients with COPD: the role of systemic inflammation and the effects of pulmonary rehabilitation
Source: Eur Respir J 2014; 43: 1306-1315
Year: 2014