Dynamic CT evaluation of the central airways in patients undergoing tracheoplasty for tracheobronchomalacia

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 184, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1444-1449

  Baroni, Ronaldo H ^a,b   Ashiku, Simon ^c   Boiselle, Phillip M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL ISRAELITA ALBERT EINSTEIN   (Brazil)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BRONCHOMALACIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPIRED AIR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHEA RECONSTRUCTION; TRACHEOMALACIA; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BREATHING MECHANICS; BRONCHOGRAPHY; BRONCHUS DISEASE; CHONDROPATHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; INHALATION; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEA DISEASE;

AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BRONCHIAL DISEASES; BRONCHOGRAPHY; CARTILAGE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHALATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRACHEAL DISEASES;

EID: 19844371312     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.184.5.01841444     Document Type: Conference Paper

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