Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction for pulmonary emphysema: Preliminary experience with a new NOVATECH® endobronchial silicone one-way valve

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 213-215

  Galluccio, Giovanni ^a   Lucantoni, Gabriele ^a  

^a SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Emphysema; Endobronchial valve; Lung volume reduction

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; DYSPNEA; ENDOBRONCHIAL VALVE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG PERFUSION; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDUAL VOLUME; STENT; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; DEVICES; LUNG; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESIS; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; RADIOGRAPHY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; PNEUMONECTOMY; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957347033     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2010.236398     Document Type: Article

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