[HTML][HTML] Emerging understanding of the mechanism of action of bronchial thermoplasty in asthma

JNS d'Hooghe, NHT Ten Hacken, EJM Weersink… - Pharmacology & …, 2018 - Elsevier
Bronchial Thermoplasty (BT) is an endoscopic treatment for moderate-to-severe asthma
patients who are uncontrolled despite optimal medical therapy. Effectiveness of BT has been …

Advances in bronchial thermoplasty

B Laxmanan, K Egressy, SD Murgu, SR White… - Chest, 2016 - Elsevier
Bronchial thermoplasty (BT) is a therapeutic intervention that delivers targeted thermal
energy to the airway walls with the goal of ablating the smooth muscle in patients with …

Bronchial thermoplasty in asthma: current perspectives

B Laxmanan, DK Hogarth - Journal of Asthma and Allergy, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Bronchial thermoplasty (BT) is a novel therapy for patients with severe asthma. Using radio
frequency thermal energy, it aims to reduce the airway smooth muscle mass. Several clinical …

Effectiveness and safety of bronchial thermoplasty in the treatment of severe asthma: a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled clinical trial

M Castro, AS Rubin, M Laviolette… - American journal of …, 2010 - atsjournals.org
Rationale: Bronchial thermoplasty (BT) is a bronchoscopic procedure in which controlled
thermal energy is applied to the airway wall to decrease smooth muscle. Objectives: To …

Long-term (5 year) safety of bronchial thermoplasty: Asthma Intervention Research (AIR) trial

NC Thomson, AS Rubin, RM Niven, PA Corris… - BMC pulmonary …, 2011 - Springer
Background Bronchial thermoplasty (BT) is a bronchoscopic procedure that improves
asthma control by reducing excess airway smooth muscle. Treated patients have been …

Counterpoint: Efficacy of bronchial thermoplasty for patients with severe asthma. Is there sufficient evidence? Not yet

G Michaud, A Ernst - Chest, 2011 - journal.chestnet.org
Asthma is one of the most common respiratory diseases, affecting. 38 million people in the
United States. It is estimated that within the next 10 to 20 years, the global patient count will …

Bronchial thermoplasty and the role of airway smooth muscle: are we on the right direction?

F Menzella, M Lusuardi, C Galeone… - … and Clinical Risk …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Asthma is characterized by inflammation of the airways that includes eosinophils, basal
membrane thickening, epithelial sloughing, vascular changes, smooth muscle hypertrophy …

Recent developments in bronchial thermoplasty for severe asthma

NC Thomson - Journal of asthma and allergy, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose Bronchial thermoplasty is approved in many countries worldwide as a non-
pharmacological treatment for severe asthma. This review summarizes recent publications …

Bronchial thermoplasty

AS Mainardi, M Castro… - Clinics in Chest …, 2019 - chestmed.theclinics.com
Airway smooth muscle (ASM) plays a critical structural and immunomodulatory role in the
airway and contributes to exacerbations and chronic airway remodeling in asthma. 1 …

Bronchial thermoplasty for the treatment of asthma

N Martin, ID Pavord - Current Allergy and Asthma Reports, 2009 - Springer
Asthma is an increasingly prevalent disease, particularly in industrialized countries. With
modern treatment, many patients can expect good asthma control; however, a significant …