- Marmara Medical Journal
- Special Issue: 3 Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Special Issue
- Bronchial thermoplasty
Bronchial thermoplasty
Authors : Seda Beyhan Sagmen
Pages : 21-22
Doi:10.5472/MMJsi.2902.05
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Publication Date : 2016-11-27
Article Type : Other
Abstract :Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways characterized by airway hyperresponsiveness and airflow obstruction. Chronic airway inflammation can lead to an increase in thickness of airway smooth muscle which causes airflow constriction and breathing difficulty. Clinical trials have demonstrated significant improvements on asthma patients who received bronchial thermoplasty (BT).Keywords : Smooth muscle, Uncontrolled asthma, Radiofrequency, Airway