Sumiko Abe, Mina Yasuda, Kazunori Tobino, Sonoko Harada, Hitoshi Sasano, Yuki Tanabe, Yuuki Sandhu, Tomohito Takeshige, Kei Matsuno, Tetsuhiko Asao, Takuto Sueyasu, Saori Nishizawa, Kohei Yoshimine, Yuki Ko, Yuki Yoshimatsu, Kosuke Tsuruno, Hiromi Ide, Haruhi Takagi, Jun Ito, Tetsutaro Nagaoka, Norihiro Harada, Kazuhisa Takahashi
BACKGROUND: Bronchial thermoplasty (BT) improves clinical outcomes and quality of life for patients with severe asthma and has shown sustained reductions in airway narrowing and air trapping in previous CT studies. However, there is a lack of a comprehensive analysis, including CT evaluation, of clinical outcomes in Japanese patients who have undergone BT for severe asthma. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of BT in Japanese asthma patients, with a focus on the CT metric "WA at Pi10" to assess airway disease...
2024: Journal of Asthma and Allergy