Luminal Plugging on Chest CT Scan: Association With Lung Function, Quality of Life, and COPD Clinical Phenotypes

Mucous exudates occluding the lumen of small airways are associated with reduced lung function and mortality in subjects with COPD; however, luminal plugs in large airways have not been widely studied. We aimed to examine the associations of chest CT scan-identified luminal plugging with lung functi...

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Published in:	Chest Vol. 158; no. 1; p. 121
Main Authors:	Okajima, Yuka, Come, Carolyn E, Nardelli, Pietro, Sonavane, Sushil K, Yen, Andrew, Nath, Hrudaya P, Terry, Nina, Grumley, Scott A, Ahmed, Asmaa, Kligerman, Seth, Jacobs, Kathleen, Lynch, David A, Make, Barry J, Silverman, Edwin K, Washko, George R, San José Estépar, Raúl, Diaz, Alejandro A
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01.07.2020
Subjects:	Aged Case-Control Studies Cohort Studies Female Forced Expiratory Volume Humans Male Middle Aged Phenotype Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - complications Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - diagnostic imaging Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive - physiopathology Quality of Life Smoking Tomography, X-Ray Computed airway obstruction smokers CT scan luminal plugging COPD mucus
ISSN:	1931-3543, 1931-3543
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