Reply to "the impact of mechanical properties on aortic dilation in patients with COPD and emphysema"

Affiliations

¹ Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging Laboratory, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD, USA.
² Department of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
³ Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA. Electronic address: map2008@med.cornell.edu.

Comment

Kana Fujikura et al. Int J Cardiol. 2021.

. 2021 Jul 1:334:125.

doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2021.04.045. Epub 2021 Apr 30.

¹ Advanced Cardiovascular Imaging Laboratory, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD, USA.
² Department of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
³ Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA. Electronic address: map2008@med.cornell.edu.

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Keywords: Aneurysm; Aortic valve; Aortopathy.

Conflict of interest statement

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Aortic enlargement in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and emphysema: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) COPD study.
Fujikura K, Albini A, Barr RG, Parikh M, Kern J, Hoffman E, Hiura GT, Bluemke DA, Carr J, Lima JAC, Michos ED, Gomes AS, Prince MR. Fujikura K, et al. Int J Cardiol. 2021 May 15;331:214-220. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2021.02.017. Epub 2021 Feb 13. Int J Cardiol. 2021. PMID: 33587941 Free PMC article.
The impact of mechanical properties on aortic dilation in patients with COPD and emphysema.
Izumida T, Imamura T. Izumida T, et al. Int J Cardiol. 2021 Jun 1;332:204. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2021.03.039. Epub 2021 Mar 19. Int J Cardiol. 2021. PMID: 33753183 No abstract available.