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Recent studies suggest a prominent role for the airway vasculature in causing airflow obstruction and enhanced reactivity in asthmatic subjects. Specifically, bronchial vascular engorgement has been proposed as a primary cause of airway narrowing in asthmatic subjects after exercise, in patients with left heart failure, and in experimental volume loading.
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Wagner et al. (1995) studied this question.
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