Open AccessEffect of Endobronchial Coils on Exercise Tolerance and Lung Functions in Patients with Severe Emphysema – A Retrospective Cohort Study of 48 Patients
Author(s) -
Barak Pertzov,
Maysaa Soliman,
Yael Shostak,
Moshe Heching,
Dror Rosengarten,
Gabriel Izbicki,
Mordechai R. Kramer
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease/international journal of copd
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1178-2005
pISSN - 1176-9106
DOI - 10.2147/copd.s327048
Subject(s) - medicine , copd , retrospective cohort study , univariate analysis , pulmonary function testing , lung volumes , lung , cohort , vital capacity , lung volume reduction surgery , surgery , diffusing capacity , lung function , multivariate analysis
Lung volume reduction with endobronchial coils treatment (ECT), for patients with severe emphysema, has shown modest improvement in exercise capacity and lung functions in clinical trials, yet the benefit of this procedure is still unclear.