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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Main Authors: Prapaporn Pornsuriyasak, Thitiporn Suwatanapongched, Wasana Thaipisuttikul, Chayanin Nitiwarangkul, Theerasuk Kawamatawong, Naparat Amornputtisathaporn, Kittipong Maneechotesuwan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
Series:Annals of Thoracic Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.thoracicmedicine.org/article.asp?issn=1817-1737;year=2018;volume=13;issue=4;spage=212;epage=219;aulast=Pornsuriyasak