Lung-Volume Reduction in Parallel with Coronary Heart Surgery: A Case Report
1998 ◽
Vol 26
(5)
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pp. 266-269
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Keyword(s):
For patients with severe disabling emphysema, lung-volume reduction surgery has recently been introduced as an alternative to transplantation. Performing parenchyma resection from appropriate areas can improve pulmonary functions in selected patients having severe emphysema with a flattened diaphragm. We report the case of a patient, who urgently needed coronary revascularization and was otherwise inoperable because of severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We carried out lung-volume reduction surgery at the same time as the coronary bypass.
2008 ◽
Vol Volume 3
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pp. 629-635
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1996 ◽
Vol 83
(5)
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pp. 996-1001
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2004 ◽
Vol 1
(4)
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pp. 197-202
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1999 ◽
Vol 20
(04)
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pp. 351-364
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1999 ◽
Vol 159
(5)
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pp. 1405-1411
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