Bronchoscopic thermal vapour ablation therapy in the management of heterogeneous emphysema

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1326-1333

  Snell, Gregory ^a   Herth, Felix J F ^c   Hopkins, Peter ^b   Baker, Kimberley M ^g   Witt, Christian ^d   Gotfried, Mark H ^h   Valipour, Arschang ^k   Wagner, Manfred ^e   Stanzel, Franz ^f   Egan, Jim J ^l   Kesten, Steven ⁱ   Ernstee, Armin ^j  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^e KLINIKUM NÜRNBERG   (Germany)

^f Zentrum fur Pneumologie   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^h Pulmonary Associates   (United States)

ⁱ Uptake Medical Corp   (United States)

^j ST ELIZABETH'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^k LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^l MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

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Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Emphysema; Lung volume reduction; Quality of life; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; OXYGEN; THEOPHYLLINE; TIOTROPIUM BROMIDE;

6 MINUTE WALK DISTANCE; ABLATION THERAPY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPIC THERMAL VAPOR ABLATION THERAPY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEMOPTYSIS; HETEROGENEOUS EMPHYSEMA; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPERINFLATION; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG LOBE; MALE; MODIFIED MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL; OPEN STUDY; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY REHABILITATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDUAL VOLUME; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SCORING SYSTEM; ST GEORGE RESPIRATORY QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER ABDOMINAL PAIN; URINE RETENTION; WALKING;

ABLATION TECHNIQUES; ADULT; AGED; BRONCHOSCOPY; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONECTOMY; PULMONARY EMPHYSEMA; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84861879972     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00092411     Document Type: Article

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