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Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction with endobronchial valves for patients with heterogeneous emphysema and intact interlobar fissures (The BeLieVeR-HIFi trial): study design and rationale

Although lung volume reduction surgery improves survival in selected patients with emphysema, there has been ongoing interest in developing and evaluating bronchoscopic approaches to try to reduce lung volumes with less morbidity and mortality. The placement of endobronchial valves is one such techn...

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Autores principales: Davey, C, Zoumot, Z, Jordan, S, Carr, D H, Polkey, M I, Shah, P L, Hopkinson, N S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4345993/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24664535
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2014-205127