An evidence-based estimate on the size of the potential patient pool for lung volume reduction surgery

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 205-211

  Akuthota, Praveen ^a   Litmanovich, Diana ^a   Zutler, Moshe ^a   Boiselle, Phillip M ^a   Bankier, Alexander A ^a   Roberts, David H ^a   Celli, Bartolome R ^b   Decamp, Malcolm M ^c   Berger, Robert L ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EMPHYSEMA; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG RESECTION; LUNG VOLUME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; EMPHYSEMA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONECTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84862851889     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.03.047     Document Type: Article

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