Arterial stiffness and systemic inflammation in COPD patients

Background: COPD is one of the leading causes of mortality worldwide. Systemic low-grade inflammation is a common finding in COPD. Soluble urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR) indicates an inflammatory state and it has an association with atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease (CVD). ThesuPAR reflects different aspects of inflammation as high sensitive C-reactive protein (hsCRP) and IL-6. Elevated CVD risk is observed in COPD. However the correlation between COPD and arterial stiffness is rarely investigated in the literature.

Source: Artery Research - November 25, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Renata Marietta Bocskei, Lilla Tamasi, Bela Benczur, Attila Cziraki, Gyorgy Losonczy, Aniko Bohacs Source Type: research