Will Lung Volume Reduction Surgery Be Widely Applied?

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 385-387

  Lenfant, Claude ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG RESECTION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; PNEUMONECTOMY; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA;

EID: 33746037592     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.06.049     Document Type: Editorial

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