Expiratory venous volume and arterial tortuosity are associated with disease severity and mortality risk in patients with COPD

• Verfasst von: Stoleriu, Mircea-Gabriel [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Pienn, Michael [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Joerres, Rudolf A. [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Alter, Peter [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Fero, Tamás [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Urschler, Martin [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Kovacs, Gabor [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Olschewski, Horst [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Kauczor, Hans-Ulrich [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Wielpütz, Mark Oliver [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Jobst, Bertram [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Welte, Tobias [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Behr, Jürgen [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Trudzinski, Franziska [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Bals, Robert [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Watz, Henrik [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Vogelmeier, Claus F. [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Biederer, Jürgen [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Kahnert, Kathrin [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Expiratory venous volume and arterial tortuosity are associated with disease severity and mortality risk in patients with COPD
• Titelzusatz: results from COSYCONET
• Verf.angabe: Mircea Gabriel Stoleriu, Michael Pienn, Rudolf A. Joerres, Peter Alter, Tamas Fero, Martin Urschler, Gabor Kovacs, Horst Olschewski, Hans-Ulrich Kauczor, Mark Wielpütz, Bertram Jobst, Tobias Welte, Jürgen Behr, Franziska C. Trudzinski, Robert Bals, Henrik Watz, Claus F. Vogelmeier, Jürgen Biederer, Kathrin Kahnert on behalf of the COSYCONET Study Group
• E-Jahr: 2024
• Jahr: 1 July 2024
• Umfang: 15 S.
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• Fussnoten: Gesehen am 26.02.2025
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: The International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
• Ort Quelle: Albany, Auckland : DOVE Medical Press, 2006
• Jahr Quelle: 2024
• Band/Heft Quelle: 19(2024) vom: Juli, Seite 1515-1529
• ISSN Quelle: 1178-2005
• DOI: doi:10.2147/COPD.S458905
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• K10plus-PPN: 1918607885

Abstract

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the association between computed tomography (CT) quantitative pulmonary vessel morphology and lung function, disease severity, and mortality risk in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Patients and Methods: Participants of the prospective nationwide COSYCONET cohort study with paired inspiratory-expiratory CT were included. Fully automatic software, developed in-house, segmented arterial and venous pulmonary vessels and quantified volume and tortuosity on inspiratory and expiratory scans. The association between vessel volume normalised to lung volume and tortuosity versus lung function (forced expiratory volume in 1 sec [FEV1]), air trapping (residual volume to total lung capacity ratio [RV/TLC]), transfer factor for carbon monoxide (TLCO), disease severity in terms of Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) group D, and mortality were analysed by linear, logistic or Cox proportional hazard regression. Results: Complete data were available from 138 patients (39% female, mean age 65 years). FEV1, RV/TLC and TLCO, all as % predicted, were significantly (p < 0.05 each) associated with expiratory vessel characteristics, predominantly venous volume and arterial tortuosity. Associations with inspiratory vessel characteristics were absent or negligible. The patterns were similar for relationships between GOLD D and mortality with vessel characteristics. Expiratory venous volume was an independent predictor of mortality, in addition to FEV1. Conclusion: By using automated software in patients with COPD, clinically relevant information on pulmonary vasculature can be extracted from expiratory CT scans (although not inspiratory scans); in particular, expiratory pulmonary venous volume predicted mortality.