Peculiarities of the Relationship between Immunological Parameters and Endothelial Dysfunction in Patients with Bronchial Asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Their Combination

Abstract

To date, many studies have defined COPD-bronchial asthma crossover syndrome as a phenotype of COPD. Patients with a cross between bronchial asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have differences with patients with isolated bronchial asthma (BA) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Separation of such patients into a special group seems to be justified and appropriate from the standpoint of pathophysiology, clinic and therapy.