High rate of abdominal aortic calcification in COPD patients and its relationship with musculoskeletal fragility.
Roberta Queiroz GraumamMarcelo de Medeiros PinheiroVera Lúcia SzejnfeldLuis Eduardo NeryCharlles Heldan de Moura CastroPublished in: Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA (2022)
COPD patients present a very high rate of AAC and its extended phenotype. Easily measured by conventional spine radiography, AAC severity in women with COPD is associated with low bone mass at the femoral neck, a surrogate marker for musculoskeletal fragility.