Smokers with Normal Spirometry: Impact of Computed Tomography-detected Emphysema, Functional Mechanisms of Dyspnea, and Clinical Significance of Symptoms

Manuela Tobón-Trujillo^{1

2}, Pablo Gil-Torres^{1

2}, July Torres-González^{1

2}, Alejandra Cañas Arboleda^{1

2}, Carlos Celis-Preciado^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ 1 School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia; and.
² 2 Pulmonary Unit, Internal Medicine Department, Hospital Universitario San Ignacio, Bogotá, Colombia.

Comment

Manuela Tobón-Trujillo et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2018.

. 2018 Oct 15;198(8):1085-1087.

doi: 10.1164/rccm.201711-2256RR.

Manuela Tobón-Trujillo^{1

2}, Pablo Gil-Torres^{1

2}, July Torres-González^{1

2}, Alejandra Cañas Arboleda^{1

2}, Carlos Celis-Preciado^{1

2}

¹ 1 School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia; and.
² 2 Pulmonary Unit, Internal Medicine Department, Hospital Universitario San Ignacio, Bogotá, Colombia.

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