Functional evaluation of lung by Xe-133 lung ventilation scintigraphy before and after lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) in patients with pulmonary emphysema - Kurose, Taichi; Okumura, Yoshihiro; Sato, Shuhei; Yamamoto, Yasuhiro; Akaki, Shiro; Takeda, Yoshihiro; Kanazawa, Susumu; Ando, Akio; Date, Hiroshi; Shimizu, Nobuyoshi; Hiraki, Yoshio (Acta medica Okayama, 2004)
Keywords: Aged; Female; Humans; Lung - metabolism; Lung - surgery; Lung Volume Measurements; Male; Middle Aged; Pneumonectomy; Pulmonary Emphysema - metabolism; Pulmonary Emphysema - physiopathology; Pulmonary Emphysema - surgery; Radionuclide Imaging; Respiratory Function Tests; Treatment Outcome; Walking; Xenon Radioisotopes - metabolism