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Competence in bronchial thermoplasty [PDF]

Panminerva Medica, 2019
Bronchial thermoplasty (BT) is an innovative non-pharmacological endoscopic treatment for patients with severe persistent asthma based on controlled heat release with a device called Alair™ Catheter (Boston Scientific, Natick, MA, USA). The Alair™ system is the first device that works by delivering radiofrequency or thermal energy to selectively reduce
Corbetta, Lorenzo, Facciolongo, Nicola, Polese, Guido, Romani, Sofia   +3 more
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Metabolic differences between bronchial epithelium from healthy individuals and patients with asthma and the effect of bronchial thermoplasty [PDF]

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 2021
Background: Asthma is a heterogeneous disease with differences in onset, severity, and inflammation. Bronchial epithelial cells (BECs) contribute to asthma pathophysiology.
Annema, Jouke T., Bonta, Peter I., Dekker, Tamara, Dierdorp, Barbara S., Dijkhuis, Annemiek, Goorsenberg, Annika W. M., Lutter, Rene, Ravi, Abilash, Sabogal, Yanaika S., Shah, Pallav L., Sterk, Peter J., ten Hacken, Nick H. T., van Weeghel, Michel, Vaz, Frederic M.   +13 more
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Bronchial Thermoplasty in Asthma

Allergology International, 2006
In this review we discuss the potential of a new procedure, termed Bronchial Thermoplasty to prevent serious consequences resulting from excessive airway narrowing.
Wayne Mitzner
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Bronchial Thermoplasty in the Treatment of Asthma A Literature Review [PDF]

Journal of Education, Health and Sport
Introduction and purpose                                                                                        Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disorder affecting people worldwide.
Katarzyna Torbacka, Zuzanna Wróbel, Katarzyna Rozkosz, Maja Torbacka, Joanna Kaczor, Natalia Wróbel, Aleksandra Sosin, Wojciech Bednarz, Olga Jakubik, Patrycja Podlejska   +9 more
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Bronchial Thermoplasty [PDF]

Chinese Medical Journal, 2013
Bai, Chong, Diaz-Mendoza, Javier, Huang, Hai-dong, Simoff, Michael J.   +3 more
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Bronchial thermoplasty: activations predict response [PDF]

Respiratory Research, 2017
Background Bronchial thermoplasty (BT) is an emerging bronchoscopic intervention for the treatment of severe asthma. The predictive factors for clinical response to BT are unknown.
David Langton, Joy Sha, Alvin Ing, David Fielding, Francis Thien, Virginia Plummer   +5 more
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Dual biologics for severe asthma and atopic dermatitis: Synopsis of two cases and literature review

Respirology Case Reports
The efficacy and safety of the combination of biologic therapies remain unclear with an ineffective and insufficient single biologic for managing asthma. Herein, we report two cases using dual biologics for severe asthma and atopic dermatitis.
Takeshi Matsumoto, Yumiko Sakurai, Noriyuki Tashima, Tomoya Matoba, Akiko Kaneko, Takahiro Fujiki, Yusuke Kusakabe, Emi Nakayama, Ayaka Tanaka, Mayuko Tashima, Naoki Yamamoto, Kensaku Aihara   +11 more
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Airway smooth muscle and long-term clinical efficacy following bronchial thermoplasty in severe asthma. [PDF]

Thorax
The mechanism of action of bronchial thermoplasty (BT) treatment for patients with severe asthma is incompletely understood. This study investigated the 2.5-year impact of BT on airway smooth muscle (ASM) mass and clinical parameters by paired data ...
Wijsman PC, Goorsenberg AWM, d'Hooghe JNS, Ten Hacken NHT, J T H Roelofs J, Mauad T, Weersink EJM, Shah P, Annema JT, Bonta PI.   +9 more
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A case of type 2 diabetes mellitus with weight gain and worsening of glycemic management after tezepelumab administration for severe bronchial asthma

Journal of Diabetes Investigation
Some cases of bronchial asthma are refractory to conventional therapies. As the pathogenesis of bronchial asthma has been clarified, new treatments, such as bronchial thermoplasty and biological drugs, have been developed.
Kotaro Umamoto, Ryotaro Bouchi, Noriko Ihana‐Sugiyama, Noriko Kodani, Mitsuru Ohsugi, Masayuki Hojo, Kohjiro Ueki, Hiroshi Kajio   +7 more
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Effectiveness of bronchial thermoplasty in severe asthma in ‘real life’ patients compared with those recruited to clinical trials in the same centre

Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease, 2015
Published information on the effectiveness of bronchial thermoplasty (BT) for severe asthma in ‘real life’ patients is limited. We compared safety and efficacy outcomes 12 months post procedure in 10 clinic patients and 15 patients recruited to clinical ...
Stephen Bicknell, Rekha Chaudhuri, Nicola Lee, Malcolm Shepherd, Mark Spears, Nick Pitman, Euan Cameron, Douglas Cowan, Julie Nixon, Joyce Thompson, Charles McSharry, Neil C. Thomson   +11 more
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