Bronchiectasis is associated with coronary artery calcification even in never smokers

Respirology. 2023 Aug;28(8):804-806. doi: 10.1111/resp.14527. Epub 2023 May 30.

Authors

Lewis Holmes¹, Isaac Lui², Paul Lilburn^{1

3}, Christopher Naoum⁴, Leonard Kritharides^{4

5}, Lloyd Ridley^{2

5}, Lucy Morgan^{1

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Concord, NSW, Australia.
² Department of Radiology, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Concord, NSW, Australia.
³ University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW, Australia.
⁴ Department of Cardiology, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Concord, NSW, Australia.
⁵ The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.

PMID: 37253637
DOI: 10.1111/resp.14527

No abstract available

Keywords: CT chest; atherosclerosis; bronchiectasis; cardiovascular disease; coronary artery calcification.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Bronchiectasis* / complications
Coronary Artery Disease* / epidemiology
Humans
Risk Factors
Smokers
Smoking / adverse effects
Smoking / epidemiology