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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |