Comparison of dynamic expiratory CT with bronchoscopy for diagnosing airway malacia: A pilot evaluation

Chest

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 758-764

  Lee, Karen S ^a   Sun, Maryellen R M ^a   Ernst, Armin ^a   Feller Kopman, David ^a   Majid, Adnan ^a   Boiselle, Phillip M ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway; Bronchomalacia; CT; Malacia; Tracheobronchomalacia; Tracheomalacia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BRONCHOMALACIA; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DYSPNEA; EXPIRED AIR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RECURRENT INFECTION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TRACHEOMALACIA; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 33947433264     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.06-2164     Document Type: Article

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