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PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- There's another disease to add to the list of smoking-related ailments. But for doctors, they are still learning about CPFE or Combined Pulmonary Fibrosis and Emphysema. For ...
Insertion of endobronchial nitinol coils is intended to be a minimally invasive alternative to lung volume reduction surgery. The procedure reduces the volume of diseased areas of the lungs. This ...
New registry data show bronchiectasis affects multiple alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency genotypes, not just Pi*ZZ.
Bilateral heterogenous emphysema was the most comment presentation in patients referred for bronchoscopic lung volume reduction (BLVR), based on data from more than 200 individuals presented at the ...
Panlobular emphysema (PLE) is a type of emphysema that affects the whole acinus. This is the portion of the lungs that resembles bunches of grapes and where the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide ...
It’s the kind of surgery you would never expect most people with emphysema–a degenerative, often smoking-related condition of the lungs–to agree to undergo. Called lung-volume reduction, the operation ...