Treatment trials in young patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and pre–chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients: time to move forward

FJ Martinez, A Agusti, BR Celli, MLK Han… - American journal of …, 2022 - atsjournals.org
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the end result of a series of dynamic and
cumulative gene–environment interactions over a lifetime. The evolving understanding of …

Imaging advances in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Insights from the genetic epidemiology of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPDGene) study

SP Bhatt, GR Washko, EA Hoffman… - American journal of …, 2019 - atsjournals.org
The Genetic Epidemiology of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPDGene) study,
which began in 2007, is an ongoing multicenter observational cohort study of more than …

[HTML][HTML] X-ray dark-field chest imaging for detection and quantification of emphysema in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a diagnostic accuracy …

K Willer, AA Fingerle, W Noichl, F De Marco… - The Lancet Digital …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Although advanced medical imaging technologies give detailed diagnostic
information, a low-dose, fast, and inexpensive option for early detection of respiratory …

Mucus plugs and emphysema in the pathophysiology of airflow obstruction and hypoxemia in smokers

EM Dunican, BM Elicker, T Henry… - American journal of …, 2021 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: The relative roles of mucus plugs and emphysema in mechanisms of airflow
limitation and hypoxemia in smokers with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) …

Deep learning enables automatic classification of emphysema pattern at CT

SM Humphries, AM Notary, JP Centeno, MJ Strand… - Radiology, 2020 - pubs.rsna.org
Background Pattern of emphysema at chest CT, scored visually by using the Fleischner
Society system, is associated with physiologic impairment and mortality risk. Purpose To …

[HTML][HTML] Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and related phenotypes: polygenic risk scores in population-based and case-control cohorts

M Moll, P Sakornsakolpat, N Shrine… - The Lancet …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Genetic factors influence chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) risk,
but the individual variants that have been identified have small effects. We hypothesised that …

[HTML][HTML] Validated imaging biomarkers as decision-making tools in clinical trials and routine practice: current status and recommendations from the EIBALL …

NM deSouza, E Achten, A Alberich-Bayarri… - Insights into …, 2019 - Springer
Observer-driven pattern recognition is the standard for interpretation of medical images. To
achieve global parity in interpretation, semi-quantitative scoring systems have been …

[HTML][HTML] Survival in COPD patients treated with bronchoscopic lung volume reduction

JE Hartman, JBA Welling, K Klooster, OA Carpaij… - Respiratory …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background and objective Severe COPD patients can significantly benefit from
bronchoscopic lung volume reduction (BLVR) treatments with coils or endobronchial valves …

Qualitative and quantitative assessment of emphysema using dark-field chest radiography

T Urban, FT Gassert, M Frank, K Willer, W Noichl… - Radiology, 2022 - pubs.rsna.org
Background Dark-field chest radiography allows for assessment of lung alveolar structure by
exploiting wave optical properties of x-rays. Purpose To evaluate the qualitative and …

Automated CT staging of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease severity for predicting disease progression and mortality with a deep learning convolutional neural …

KA Hasenstab, N Yuan, T Retson… - Radiology …, 2021 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To develop a deep learning–based algorithm to stage the severity of chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) through quantification of emphysema and air …