Coronary artery calcification is increased in patients with COPD and associated with increased morbidity and mortality

Michelle C Williams; John T Murchison; Lisa D Edwards; Alvar Agustí; Per Bakke; Peter M A Calverley; Bartolome Celli; Harvey O Coxson; Courtney Crim; David A Lomas; Bruce E Miller; Steve Rennard; Edwin K Silverman; Ruth Tal-Singer; Jørgen Vestbo; Emiel Wouters; Julie C Yates; Edwin J R van Beek; David E Newby; William MacNee; for the Evaluation of COPD Longitudinally to Identify Predictive Surrogate Endpoints (ECLIPSE) investigators

doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2012-203151

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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

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Coronary artery calcification is increased in patients with COPD and associated with increased morbidity and mortality

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Michelle C Williams University of Edinburgh/British Heart Foundation Centre for Cardiovascular Science, Edinburgh, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
John T Murchison Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Lisa D Edwards GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Alvar Agustí Thorax Institute, Hospital Clinic, Universitat de Barcelona; CIBER Enfermedades Respiratorias (CIBERES), FISIB, Mallorca, Spain PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Per Bakke University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Peter M A Calverley Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital Aintree, Liverpool, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Bartolome Celli Department of Respiratory Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Harvey O Coxson University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Courtney Crim GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
David A Lomas Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Bruce E Miller GlaxoSmithKline, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Steve Rennard University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Edwin K Silverman Department of Respiratory Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Ruth Tal-Singer GlaxoSmithKline, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jørgen Vestbo Department of Respiratory Medicine, Odense University & University of Southern Denmark, Denmark/University of Manchester, Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Emiel Wouters Department of Respiratory Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Julie C Yates GlaxoSmithKline, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, USA PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Edwin J R van Beek Clinical Research Imaging Centre, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
David E Newby University of Edinburgh/British Heart Foundation Centre for Cardiovascular Science, Edinburgh, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
William MacNee Centre for Inflammation Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
for the Evaluation of COPD Longitudinally to Identify Predictive Surrogate Endpoints (ECLIPSE) investigators
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Correspondence to Dr Michelle C Williams, University/BHF Centre for Cardiovascular Science, Chancellor's Building, SU305, 49 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16SUF, UK; michelle.williams{at}ed.ac.uk

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Williams MC, Murchison JT, Edwards LD, et al

Coronary artery calcification is increased in patients with COPD and associated with increased morbidity and mortality

Thorax 2014;69:718-723.

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Received December 19, 2012
Revised November 18, 2013
Accepted December 21, 2013
First published January 28, 2014.

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September 01, 2022

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