ArticleRespiratory medicine2025
Platelet activation and COPD-related clinical and imaging characteristics: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) COPD Study.
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- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease as an Independent Predictor of Left Main Coronary Artery Disease.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
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introductionThe pulmonary vasculature has been implicated in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Whether platelet activation is associated with COPD-related characteristics is unknown.
methodsThe Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) COPD Study enrolled participants with 10+ pack-years with and without COPD from 2 cohort studies. Platelet activation was measured in platelet-free plasma as von Willebrand factor (vWF), beta-thromboglobulin (BTG) and platelet factor 4 (PF4). Phenotyping included spirometry, percent emphysema
resultsThe 116 with vWF were a mean age of 73.5 ± 7.3 years old, 60 % male, 58 % Non-Hispanic White, 28 % Black, 14 % Hispanic/Latino, 23 % smoked currently and 55 % had COPD. vWF was associated with lower FEV
conclusionsPlatelet activation was associated with measures of small airways disease and pulmonary microvascular perfusion in this sample of smokers with and without COPD.
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