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Differences in airway lumen area between supine and upright computed tomography in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

BACKGROUND: No clinical studies to date have compared the inspiratory and expiratory airway lumen area between supine and standing positions. Thus, the aims of this study were twofold: (1) to compare inspiratory and expiratory airway lumen area (IAA and EAA, respectively) on computed tomography (CT)...

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Autores principales: Chubachi, Shotaro, Yamada, Yoshitake, Yamada, Minoru, Yokoyama, Yoichi, Tanabe, Akiko, Matsuoka, Shiho, Niijima, Yuki, Yamasawa, Wakako, Irie, Hidehiro, Murata, Mitsuru, Fukunaga, Koichi, Jinzaki, Masahiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8010787/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33789651
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12931-021-01692-1