Johannes Wienker, Kaid Darwiche, Nele Rüsche, Erik Büscher, Rüdiger Karpf-Wissel, Jane Winantea, Filiz Özkan, Dirk Westhölter, Christian Taube, David Kersting, Hubertus Hautzel, Luca Salhöfer, René Hosch, Felix Nensa, Michael Forsting, Benedikt M Schaarschmidt, Sebastian Zensen, Jens Theysohn, Lale Umutlu, Johannes Haubold, Marcel Opitz
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is characterized by progressive and irreversible airflow limitation, with individual body composition influencing disease severity. Severe emphysema worsens symptoms through hyperinflation, which can be relieved by bronchoscopic lung volume reduction (BLVR). To investigate how body composition, assessed through CT scans, impacts outcomes in emphysema patients undergoing BLVR. Fully automated CT-based body composition analysis (BCA) was performed in patients with end-stage emphysema receiving BLVR with valves...
April 15, 2024: Scientific Reports