Journal article
Asthma Control during the Year after Bronchial Thermoplasty
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Bronchial thermoplasty is a bronchoscopic procedure to reduce the mass of airway smooth muscle and attenuate bronchoconstriction. We examined the effect of bronchial thermoplasty on the control of moderate or severe persistent asthma.
METHODS: We randomly assigned 112 subjects who had been treated with inhaled corticosteroids and long-acting beta2-adrenergic agonists (LABA) and in whom asthma control was impaired when the LABA were …
Authors
Cox G; Thomson NC; Rubin AS; Niven RM; Corris PA; Siersted HC; Olivenstein R; Pavord ID; McCormack D; Chaudhuri R
Journal
The New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 356, No. 13, pp. 1327–1337
Publisher
Massachusetts Medical Society
Publication Date
March 29, 2007
DOI
10.1056/nejmoa064707
ISSN
0028-4793