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SUBMITTER: Tsutsumi A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8099884 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tsutsumi Akihiro A Chubachi Shotaro S Irie Hidehiro H Sasaki Mamoru M Yamada Yoshitake Y Sugiura Hiroaki H Jinzaki Masahiro M Nakamura Hidetoshi H Asano Koichiro K Betsuyaku Tomoko T Fukunaga Koichi K
Scientific reports 20210505 1
Emphysema is a major pathological change in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, the annual changes in the progression of emphysematous have not been investigated. We aimed to determine possible baseline predicting factors of the change in emphysematous progression in a subgroup of COPD patients who demonstrated rapid progression. In this observational study, we analyzed patients with COPD who were followed up by computed tomography (CT) at least two times over a 3-year period ...[more]