Chest radiograph heterogeneity predicts functional improvement with volume reduction surgery

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1208-1211

  Baldwin, John C ^a   Miller III, Charles C ^a   Prince, Rebecca A ^a   Espada, Rafael ^a   Yusen, Roger D ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPHYSEMA; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG RESECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033790338     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(00)01583-6     Document Type: Article

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