Expiratory Venous Volume and Arterial Tortuosity are Associated with Disease Severity and Mortality Risk in Patients with COPD: Results from COSYCONET

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 …