Bronchial thermoplasty: A novel technique in the treatment of severe asthma

Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 101-116

  Castro, Mario ^a   Musani, Ali I ^b   Mayse, Martin L ^c   Shargill, Narinder S ^d  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine   (United States)

^d Asthmatx Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

airway smooth muscle; Alair Bronchial Thermoplasty System; asthma; bronchoscopic procedure

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONATE 5 LIPOXYGENASE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CROMOGLYCATE DISODIUM; METHYLXANTHINE; MONTELUKAST; OMALIZUMAB; ZAFIRLUKAST;

ABSENTEEISM; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL THERMOPLASTY; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEAT TREATMENT; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOFREQUENCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ASTHMA; BRONCHI; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHOSCOPY; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77951903809     PISSN: 17534658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1753465810367505     Document Type: Review

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