Predicting Atelectasis by Assessment of Collateral Ventilation prior to Endobronchial Lung Volume Reduction: A Feasibility Study

• Published in: Respiration Vol. 80; no. 5; pp. 419 - 425
• Main Authors: Gompelmann, D., Eberhardt, R., Michaud, G., Ernst, A., Herth, F.J.F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland Karger 01.01.2010; S. Karger AG
• Subjects: Airway Resistance; Balloon Occlusion; Biological and medical sciences; Bronchoscopy; Catheterization; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma; Clinical trials; Double-Blind Method; Emphysema; Feasibility Studies; Female; Humans; Interventional Pulmonology; Lung - diagnostic imaging; Male; Medical equipment; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Pneumology; Pneumonectomy; Prospective Studies; Pulmonary Atelectasis - diagnosis; Pulmonary Ventilation; Radiography; Bronchoscopy; Endobronchial lung volume reduction; Emphysema; Collateral ventilation; Lung disease; Respiratory disease; Lung volume; Reduction; Atelectasis; Bronchus disease; Ventilation; Feasibility; Obstructive pulmonary disease; Endoscopy; Pneumology

Background: The advent of endoscopic lung volume reduction (ELVR), especially relying on valve technology to achieve atelectasis, has aroused new interest in the assessment of collateral ventilation, which has been implicated in ELVR failures. We are reporting on the use of a catheter-based device t...