Is the 'spatially matched central airways' relevant to studies of airway dimensions in COPD?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan.
² Department of Radiology, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, Canada.

Comment

Yasutaka Nakano et al. Thorax. 2014 Nov.

. 2014 Nov;69(11):1048-9.

doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2014-206118. Epub 2014 Sep 5.

¹ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan.
² Department of Radiology, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, Canada.

No abstract available

Keywords: COPD - Mechanisms; Imaging/CT MRI etc.

Comment in

Location, location, location: studying anatomically comparable airways is highly relevant to understanding COPD.
Smith BM, Hoffman EA, Rennard S, Barr RG. Smith BM, et al. Thorax. 2014 Nov;69(11):1049-50. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2014-206188. Epub 2014 Sep 12. Thorax. 2014. PMID: 25217475 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Comparison of spatially matched airways reveals thinner airway walls in COPD. The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) COPD Study and the Subpopulations and Intermediate Outcomes in COPD Study (SPIROMICS).
Smith BM, Hoffman EA, Rabinowitz D, Bleecker E, Christenson S, Couper D, Donohue KM, Han MK, Hansel NN, Kanner RE, Kleerup E, Rennard S, Barr RG. Smith BM, et al. Thorax. 2014 Nov;69(11):987-96. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2014-205160. Epub 2014 Jun 13. Thorax. 2014. PMID: 24928812 Free PMC article.