"Bronchial Thermoplasty" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Thermal destruction of the excess bronchial SMOOTH MUSCLE tissue with heat delivered through a catheter assembly attached to a BRONCHOSCOPE. It is often used to control BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY in severe ASTHMA for better AIRWAY MANAGEMENT.
| Descriptor ID |
D000074060
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E04.014.085.500
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| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Bronchial Thermoplasty" by people in Profiles.
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Use of Quantitative CT Imaging to Identify Bronchial Thermoplasty Responders. Chest. 2024 Apr; 165(4):775-784.