Lung reduction surgery for emphysema

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 97-103

  Sciurba, Frank C ^a   Rogers, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREATHING MECHANICS; CLASSIFICATION; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG; LUNG CIRCULATION; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG RESECTION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUNG; PATIENT SELECTION; PNEUMONECTOMY; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030089588     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00063198-199603000-00004     Document Type: Article

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