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Bronchial thermoplasty and the role of airway smooth muscle: are we on the right direction?

Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management, 2017
Francesco Menzella,1 Mirco Lusuardi,2 Carla Galeone,1 Nicola Facciolongo1 1Department of Medical Specialties, Pneumology Unit, IRCCS – Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, 2Unit of Respiratory Rehabilitation, AUSL Reggio Emilia, S  ...
Menzella F, Lusuardi M, Galeone C, Facciolongo N   +3 more
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Bronchial aspergillosis following bronchial thermoplasty [PDF]

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine, 2020
F, Kashizaki, Y, Sekido
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Anesthesia and anesthesiologist concerns for bronchial thermoplasty

Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia, 2019
Bronchial thermoplasty (BT) is an upcoming treatment for patients with asthma refractory to traditional pharmacotherapy. BT is an invasive procedure which carries a risk of coughing, wheezing, bronchospasm, and laryngospasm during and after the procedure.
Shilpi Agarwal, Wasimul Hoda, Saurbh Mittal, Karan Madan, Vijay Hadda, Anant Mohan, Sachidanand Jee Bharti   +6 more
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Utility of a thin bronchoscope in facilitating bronchial thermoplasty

Journal of Asthma and Allergy, 2018
David Langton,1,2 Nicole Gaffney,1 Wei Chin Wang,2 Frank Thien,2,3 Virginia Plummer1,2 1Department of Thoracic Medicine, Frankston Hospital, Peninsula Health, Frankston, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; 2Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash
Langton D, Gaffney N, Wang WC, Thien F, Plummer V   +4 more
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Bronchial thermoplasty increases airway volume measured by functional respiratory imaging

Respiratory Research, 2019
Background The purpose of this study was to use CT scanning with computational fluid dynamics to evaluate the mechanisms by which Bronchial Thermoplasty (BT) improves asthmatic symptoms.
D. Langton, G. Sloan, C. Banks, K. Bennetts, V. Plummer, F. Thien   +5 more
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Role of bronchial thermoplasty in asthma

Journal of Association of Pulmonologist of Tamil Nadu, 2018
Bronchial thermoplasty is a novel treatment for patients with severe asthma who continue to be symptomatic despite medical treatment.It aims at reducing smooth muscle mass in the airways by delivering controlled thermal energy to the airway walls during ...
S Jayakumar, Winnie Elizabeth Jose, R Narasimhan   +2 more
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[Bronchial thermoplasty for severe asthma].

Revue des maladies respiratoires, 2021
La thermoplastie bronchique a été développée au cours des quinze dernières années et constitue la première technique endoscopique approuvée dans la prise en charge de l’asthme sévère non contrôlé en impasse thérapeutique. L’utilisation d’ondes de radiofréquence appliquées sur la paroi des bronches lobaires, segmentaires et sous-segmentaires cible en ...
Héluain, V., Guilleminault, Laurent, Hermant, C., Plat, G., Didier, Alain, Guibert, N.   +5 more
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Heat-induced necrosis after bronchial thermoplasty: a new concern?

Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology, 2018
Background Bronchial thermoplasty (BT) is an endoscopic procedure for the treatment of severe refractory asthma, based on the local airways delivery of radio-frequency at 65 °C.
Francesco Menzella, Mirco Lusuardi, Carla Galeone, Gloria Montanari, Alberto Cavazza, Nicola Facciolongo   +5 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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Bronchial thermoplasty reduces gas trapping in severe asthma

BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2018
Background In randomized controlled trials, bronchial thermoplasty (BT) has been proven to reduce symptoms in severe asthma, but the mechanisms by which this is achieved are uncertain as most studies have shown no improvement in spirometry. We postulated
David Langton, Alvin Ing, Kim Bennetts, Wei Wang, Claude Farah, Matthew Peters, Virginia Plummer, Francis Thien   +7 more
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