Complementary assessment of cardiopulmonary morphometric changes in COPD using 3D multidetector computed tomography: relationship with functional indices.

In female COPD patients, pulmonary artery (PA) diameters were higher than in controls, showing a borderline significant trend ( p = 0.050), while total lung volume negatively correlated with Vena Cava Superior (VCS) diameter ( p < 0.05).

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