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Multi-modal Pulmonary Imaging: Using Complementary Information from CT and Hyperpolarized 129Xe MRI to Evaluate Lung Structure-Function
Published on: April 12, 2024
Interventional treatment options for advanced emphysema: imaging manifestations
1Department of Medicine daggerRadiology, Temple University Health System, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA.
Abstract:
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a preventable and treatable disease characterized by progressive and debilitating limitations of airflow. Despite aggressive medical therapy, many patients with advanced emphysema continue to decline and exhibit disabling symptoms. Lung volume reduction surgery and lung transplantation can offer improved quality of life, enhanced exercise tolerance, and improvement in mortality rates in selected patients with advanced disease. In addition, newer bronchoscopic techniques to reduce lung volume in patients with emphysema are under development in an effort to duplicate the results of lung volume reduction surgery without significant morbidity. This article discusses the results of a variety of surgical and bronchoscopic interventions, with an emphasis upon the role of imaging.
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