Bronchial thermoplasty: Ready for prime time - The evidence is there!

Chest

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2015, Pages e73-e74

  Castro, Mario ^a   Cox, Gerard ^b   Wechsler, Michael E ^c   Niven, Robert M ^d  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ACCURACY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASTHMA; ASTHMA QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; BRONCHIAL THERMOPLASTY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; VALIDATION PROCESS; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS; CATHETER ABLATION; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROCEDURES; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ASTHMA; BRONCHI; BRONCHOSCOPY; CATHETER ABLATION; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84922233505     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: 19313543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.14-2296     Document Type: Article

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