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Abstract
Bronchial thermoplasty is an innovative treatment for patients with severe asthma and chronic airflow obstruction with an established long-term efficacy and safety profile. This review focuses on the role of bronchial thermoplasty in severe asthma, its mechanism of action, appropriate patient selection, current evidence, and recent developments of this therapy.Entities:
Keywords: Airway smooth muscles; Asthma; Bronchial thermoplasty; Bronchoscopy
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Year: 2017 PMID: 29433721 DOI: 10.1016/j.ccm.2017.11.010
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Chest Med ISSN: 0272-5231 Impact factor: 2.878