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ArticleInternal medicine (Tokyo, Japan)2019

Bronchial Thermoplasty for Severe Asthma with Mucus Hypersecretion.

Naoko Nagano, Motoyasu Iikura, Ayaka Ito, Eriko Miyawaki, Masao Hashimoto, Haruhito Sugiyama

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Article in Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Naoko NaganoDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Japan.
Motoyasu IikuraDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Japan.
Ayaka ItoDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Japan.
Eriko MiyawakiDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Japan.
Masao HashimotoDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Japan.
Haruhito SugiyamaDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Japan.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bronchial thermoplasty (BT), which delivers thermal radiofrequency to the bronchial wall, is an effective therapy for patients with severe persistent uncontrolled asthma. We herein report the case of a 47-year-old man who underwent BT for uncontrolled severe asthma. After BT, his asthma control, asthma-related quality of life, and pulmonary function improved. Furthermore, a histologic examination of transbronchial biopsy specimens revealed a decrease in goblet cell hyperplasia and the smooth muscle mass as well as in the subepithelial basement membrane thickness. BT can be effective for patients with severe uncontrolled asthma and mucus hypersecretion.

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AsthmaBiopsyBronchiBronchial ThermoplastyBronchoscopyForced Expiratory VolumeHumansMaleMiddle AgedMucusQuality of LifeVital Capacitybronchial thermoplastyhypersecretionsevere asthma

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PMID30713306
PMCPMC6599928

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