Figure 5From: Diaphragm adaptations in patients with COPDElectronmicroscopic photograph showing areas of normal (A) and disrupted (B) sarcomeres in a diaphragm sample from a patient with moderate-severe COPD. Note the disruption and even absence of A- and I-bands. Reproduced from Orozco-levi et al. [20] with permission.Back to article page