Impact of cigarette smoke on pulmonary vein and artery volumes in those with current and former smoking status: a quantitative computed tomography analysis

Anastasia K A L Kwee; Wouter A C van Amsterdam; Pim A de Jong; Leticia Gallardo Estrella; Jean-Paul Charbonnier; Stephen M Humphries; Harm A W M Tiddens; James D Crapo; Richard Casaburi; David A Lynch; Firdaus A A Mohamed Hoesein; Esther Pompe

doi:10.1183/23120541.00296-2025

Impact of cigarette smoke on pulmonary vein and artery volumes in those with current and former smoking status: a quantitative computed tomography analysis

Anastasia K A L Kwee
, Wouter A C van Amsterdam
, Pim A de Jong
, Leticia Gallardo Estrella
, Jean-Paul Charbonnier
, Stephen M Humphries
, Harm A W M Tiddens
, James D Crapo
, Richard Casaburi
, David A Lynch
, Firdaus A A Mohamed Hoesein
, Esther Pompe^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Cigarette smoking is related to increased small pulmonary vein and artery volumes. These findings highlight the potential of CT imaging to assess smoking-related vascular changes in diseases like COPD and pulmonary hypertension. https://bit.ly/4ljnU6q.

Original language	English
Article number	00296-2025
Journal	ERJ Open Research
Volume	11
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00296-2025
Publication status	Published - Nov 2025

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Kwee, A. K. A. L., van Amsterdam, W. A. C., de Jong, P. A., Gallardo Estrella, L., Charbonnier, J.-P., Humphries, S. M., Tiddens, H. A. W. M., Crapo, J. D., Casaburi, R., Lynch, D. A., Mohamed Hoesein, F. A. A., & Pompe, E. (2025). Impact of cigarette smoke on pulmonary vein and artery volumes in those with current and former smoking status: a quantitative computed tomography analysis. ERJ Open Research, 11(6), Article 00296-2025. https://doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00296-2025

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Impact of cigarette smoke on pulmonary vein and artery volumes in those with current and former smoking status: a quantitative computed tomography analysis. / Kwee, Anastasia K A L; van Amsterdam, Wouter A C; de Jong, Pim A et al.
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Impact of cigarette smoke on pulmonary vein and artery volumes in those with current and former smoking status: a quantitative computed tomography analysis

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