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Editorial
. 2021 Dec 15;204(12):1365-1367.
doi: 10.1164/rccm.202109-2153ED.

Double Trouble: Airflow and Pulmonary Vascular Obstruction

Michael H Lee  1   2 , Brian B Graham  1   2 , Todd M Bull  3
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Editorial

Double Trouble: Airflow and Pulmonary Vascular Obstruction

Michael H Lee et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. .
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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Two putative mechanistic links between pulmonary vascular and airways obstruction in pulmonary arterial hypertension. (A and B) Pulmonary vascular disease might secondarily contribute to airway disease (A), or, alternatively, common pathogenetic signal(s) might affect both the pulmonary vasculature and the airways in parallel (B).
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