Open AccessEvaluation of Energy in Heated Water Vapor for the Application of Lung Volume Reduction in Patients with Severe Emphysema
Author(s) -
Erik Henne,
Steven Kesten,
Felix J.F. Herth
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
respiration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1423-0356
pISSN - 0025-7931
DOI - 10.1159/000348273
Subject(s) - water vapor , medicine , thermal energy , volume (thermodynamics) , chemistry , thermodynamics , physics , organic chemistry
A method of achieving endoscopic lung volume reduction for emphysema has been developed that utilizes precise amounts of thermal energy in the form of water vapor to ablate lung tissue.
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