Purpose The aim of this study was to evaluate the structural changes of the airways using
the endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) in ACO patients compared to severe asthma and …

Background Endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) is a new technique that enables the
assessment of bronchial wall layers. The aim of the study was to verify the utility of EBUS for …

Introduction Airway remodeling in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD) results in bronchial wall thickening. Bronchial wall thickness (BWT) can be …

Methods Twenty-four patients with stable asthma and 11 individuals without asthma were
studied. EBUS was performed with a radial 20-MHz ultrasonic probe inserted into the …

Endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) allows identification of airway wall structures and could
potentially be utilised for in vivo studies of airway thickening in asthma. The present study …

Background Small airway remodeling is the cardinal feature underlying chronic airway
diseases. There is no modality which identifies small airway pathological changes, which is …

Background Asthma–chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) overlap (ACO) is a
clinical phenotype sharing features of asthma and COPD. Multidetector row computed …

ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION While spirometry plays a key role in diagnosing chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), imaging methods including endobronchial …

Background For appropriate therapeutic decisions local staging of lung cancer is essential.
This includes confirming the integrity of the wall of central airways. There is a controversy …

Endobronchial ultrasonography (EBUS) revealed differences in the thickness of the layer
representing subepithelial tissues (L2) between human asthmatics and controls, but whether …