Efficacy of bronchoscopic thermal vapor ablation and lobar fissure completeness in patients with heterogeneous emphysema

Respiration

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 400-406

  Gompelmann, Daniela ^a   Heussel, Claus Peter ^b   Eberhardt, Ralf ^a   Snell, Gregory ^f   Hopkins, Peter ^g   Baker, Kim ^h   Witt, Christian ^c   Valipour, Arschang ^k   Wagner, Manfred ^d   Stanzel, Franz ^e   Egan, Jim ^l   Ernst, Armin ⁱ   Kesten, Steven ^j   Herth, Felix J F ^a  

^a Pneumology and Critical Care Medicine   (Germany)

^b Thoraxklinik Heidelberg   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d KLINIKUM NÜRNBERG   (Germany)

^e Zentrum fur Pneumologie   (Germany)

^f ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

ⁱ ST ELIZABETH'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j Uptake Medical Corp   (United States)

^k OTTO WAGNER HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^l MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

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Author keywords

Bronchoscopic thermal vapor ablation; Computed tomography; Endoscopic lung volume reduction; Fissure integrity

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPIC THERMAL VAPOR ABLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMPHYSEMA; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABLATION TECHNIQUES; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LUNG; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; RESIDUAL VOLUME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY;

EID: 84861193700     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: 14230356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000336239     Document Type: Article

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