Functional evaluation of lung by Xe-133 lung ventilation scintigraphy before and after Lung Volume Reduction Surgery (LVRS) in patients with pulmonary emphysema

Acta Medica Okayama

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 7-15

  Kurose, Taichi ^a   Okumura, Yoshihiro ^a   Sato, Shuhei ^a   Yamamoto, Yasuhiro ^a   Akaki, Shiro ^a   Takeda, Yoshihiro ^a   Kanazawa, Susumu ^b   Ando, Akio ^b   Date, Hiroshi ^b   Shimizu, Nobuyoshi ^b   Hiraki, Yoshio ^b  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS); Pulmonary emphysema; Respiratory functions; Xe 133 lung ventilation scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

XENON 133;

ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; LUNG VENTILATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RESIDUAL VOLUME; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONECTOMY; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING; XENON RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 12144286549     PISSN: 0386300X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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