Effect of Endobronchial Coils vs Usual Care on Exercise Tolerance in Patients With Severe Emphysema
Author(s) -
Frank C. Sciurba,
Gerard J. Criner,
Charlie Strange,
Pallav L. Shah,
Gaëtane Michaud,
Timothy A. Connolly,
Gaëtan Deslée,
William Tillis,
Antoine Delage,
CharlesHugo Marquette,
Ganesh Krishna,
Ravi Kalhan,
J. Scott Ferguson,
Michael A. Jantz,
Fabien Maldonado,
Robert J. McKenna,
Adnan Majid,
Navdeep Rai,
Steven Gay,
Mark T. Dransfield,
Luis F. Angel,
Roger A. Maxfield,
Felix J.F. Herth,
Momen M. Wahidi,
Atul C. Mehta,
DirkJan Slebos
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
jama
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.688
H-Index - 680
eISSN - 1538-3598
pISSN - 0098-7484
DOI - 10.1001/jama.2016.6261
Subject(s) - medicine , minimal clinically important difference , quality of life (healthcare) , physical therapy , randomized controlled trial , pulmonary rehabilitation , pulmonary function testing , clinical trial , lung volumes , lung volume reduction surgery , rehabilitation , lung , surgery , nursing
Preliminary clinical trials have demonstrated that endobronchial coils compress emphysematous lung tissue and may improve lung function, exercise tolerance, and symptoms in patients with emphysema and severe lung hyperinflation.
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