Disproportionate contribution of right middle lobe to emphysema and gas trapping on computed tomography.

<h4>Rationale</h4>Given that the diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) relies on demonstrating airflow limitation by spirometry, which is known to be poorly sensitive to early disease, and to regional differences in emphysema, we sought to evaluate individual lobar co...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Surya P Bhatt, Jessica C Sieren, John D Newell, Alejandro P Comellas, Eric A Hoffman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/25054539/?tool=EBI