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2. Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction - Wikipedia

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   Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction (BLVR) is a procedure to reduce the volume of air within the lungs.BLVR was initially developed in the early 2000s [1] [2] as a minimally invasive treatment for severe COPD that is primarily caused by emphysema.

3. Emphysema - Wikipedia

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   Panlobular emphysema, also called panacinar emphysema, affects all of the alveoli in a lobule, and can involve the whole lung or mainly the lower lobes. [ 18 ] [ 24 ] This type of emphysema is associated with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (A1AD or AATD), and Ritalin lung , [ 24 ] and is not related to smoking.

4. Endobronchial valve - Wikipedia

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   Endobronchial valves may be the first successful medical device treatment of emphysema, a disease that affects millions of people worldwide and has no known cure, being managed traditionally by lung transplantation and/or lung volume reduction surgery (though some people do not meet the eligibility requirements for one or both of these invasive ...

5. Merck's therapy for rare lung condition shown to help reduce ...

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   Merck said its drug met the main goal of significantly reducing the time to disease worsening, lung transplantation or death in a late-stage study of 172 patients with advanced stages of the ...

6. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - Wikipedia

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   Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a type of progressive lung disease characterized by chronic respiratory symptoms and airflow limitation. [8] GOLD 2024 defined COPD as a heterogeneous lung condition characterized by chronic respiratory symptoms (dyspnea or shortness of breath, cough, sputum production and/or exacerbations) due to abnormalities of the airways (bronchitis ...

7. NY woman receives first fully robotic double lung transplant ...

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   Cheryl Mehrkar is the recipient of the world’s first fully robotic double lung transplant. Dr. Stephanie H. Chang, right, an associate professor in the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at ...