Tracheal morphology in patients with tracheomalacia: Prevalence of inspiratory lunate and expiratory "frown" shapes

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 190-196

  Boiselle, Phillip M ^a,b   Ernst, Armin ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; Trachea; Tracheomalacia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APPARATUS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXHALATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; INHALATION; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TRACHEOMALACIA; TRACHEOSTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; EXHALATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHALATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRACHEA; TRACHEAL DISEASES;

EID: 33747475675     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rti.0000213647.42041.d0     Document Type: Review

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