Respiratory Medicine
Volume 104, Issue 8 , Pages 1145-1151 , August 2010

Relationship of emphysema and airway disease assessed by CT to exercise capacity in COPD

  • Alejandro A. Diaz

      Affiliations

    • Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston MA, USA
    • Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston MA, USA. Tel.: +1 617 732 5187; fax: +1 617 732 7421.
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  • Brian Bartholmai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester MI, USA
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  • Raúl San José Estépar

      Affiliations

    • Surgical Planning Laboratory, Laboratory of Mathematics in Imaging, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston MA, USA
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  • James Ross

      Affiliations

    • Surgical Planning Laboratory, Laboratory of Mathematics in Imaging, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston MA, USA
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  • Shin Matsuoka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston MA, USA
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  • Tsuneo Yamashiro

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston MA, USA
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  • Hiroto Hatabu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston MA, USA
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  • John J. Reilly

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburg, Pittsburg PA, USA
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  • Edwin K. Silverman

      Affiliations

    • Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston MA, USA
    • Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston MA, USA
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  • George R. Washko

      Affiliations

    • Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston MA, USA

Received 6 December 2009 ,Accepted 23 February 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2010.02.023

Respiratory Medicine
Volume 104, Issue 8 , Pages 1145-1151 , August 2010

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