Comparison of expiratory CT airway abnormalities before and after tracheoplasty surgery for tracheobronchomalacia

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 121-126

  Lee, Karen S ^a   Ashiku, Simon K ^a   Ernst, Armin ^a   Feller Kopman, David ^a   Decamp, Malcolm ^a   Majid, Adnan ^a   Guerrero, Jorge ^a   Boiselle, Phillip M ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Air trapping; CT; Trachea; Tracheomalacia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BRONCHOMALACIA; BRONCHOSCOPY; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; LUNG COLLAPSE; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRACHEA RECONSTRUCTION; TRACHEOBRONCHOMALACIA; TRACHEOMALACIA; BRONCHOGRAPHY; BRONCHUS DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; EXHALATION; HOSPITALIZATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEA; TRACHEA DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BRONCHIAL DISEASES; BRONCHOGRAPHY; COHORT STUDIES; EXHALATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRACHEA; TRACHEAL DISEASES;

EID: 54049086188     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RTI.0b013e3181653c41     Document Type: Article

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