Assessment of proximal and peripheral airway dysfunction by computed tomography and respiratory impedance in asthma and COPD patients with fixed airflow obstruction

OBJECTIVE: To ascertain: (i) if elderly patients with fixed airflow obstruction (FAO) due to asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have distinct airway morphologic and physiologic changes; (ii) the correlation between the morphology of proximal/peripheral airways and respiratory im...

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Autores principales: Pornsuriyasak, Prapaporn, Suwatanapongched, Thitiporn, Thaipisuttikul, Wasana, Nitiwarangkul, Chayanin, Kawamatawong, Theerasuk, Amornputtisathaporn, Naparat, Maneechotesuwan, Kittipong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6196666/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30416592
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/atm.ATM_22_18

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