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Heat-induced necrosis after bronchial thermoplasty: a new concern?

BACKGROUND: Bronchial thermoplasty (BT) is an endoscopic procedure for the treatment of severe refractory asthma, based on the local airways delivery of radio-frequency at 65 °C. Several controlled clinical studies demonstrated the effectiveness of BT on clinical outcomes, particularly the reduction...

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Autores principales: Menzella, Francesco, Lusuardi, Mirco, Galeone, Carla, Montanari, Gloria, Cavazza, Alberto, Facciolongo, Nicola
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6016132/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29983718
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13223-018-0252-y