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Tracheobronchomalacia: comparison between end-expiratory and dynamic expiratory CT for evaluation of central airway collapse.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  15798155     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
PURPOSE: To compare dynamic expiratory and end-expiratory computed tomography (CT) for depicting central airway collapse in patients with acquired tracheobronchomalacia (TBM). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Institutional review board approval was obtained, and informed consent was not needed. Retrospective review was performed of all patients with a CT diagnosis of TBM in a 10-month period (n = 34) who underwent evaluation of airway disease by means of three different sequences at multi-detector row CT: end inspiration, dynamic expiration, and end expiration (the latter was performed only at the levels of the aortic arch, carina, and bronchus intermedius). Fourteen patients (11 men, three women; age range, 19-79 years) who had comparable images obtained with all three sequences at any of these three levels were included in the study. The degree of airway collapse was measured by two thoracic radiologists in consensus by calculating the percentage change in the area of the airway between inspiratory and expiratory scanning. Statistical analysis was performed by using the paired t test. RESULTS: Dynamic expiratory CT elicited a significantly greater degree of airway collapse than end-expiratory CT at all three levels (P < .005). The mean percentages of airway collapse at each of the three levels were as follows: aortic arch, 53.9% with dynamic expiration versus 35.7% with end expiration (P = .0046); carina, 53.6% with dynamic expiration versus 30.9% with end expiration (P < .0001); and bronchus intermedius, 57.5% with dynamic expiration versus 28.6% with end expiration (P = .0022). CONCLUSION: Dynamic expiratory CT elicits a significantly greater degree of airway collapse than standard end-expiratory CT in patients with TBM.
Authors:
Ronaldo H Baroni; David Feller-Kopman; Mizuki Nishino; Hiroto Hatabu; Stephen H Loring; Armin Ernst; Phillip M Boiselle
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article     Date:  2005-03-29
Journal Detail:
Title:  Radiology     Volume:  235     ISSN:  0033-8419     ISO Abbreviation:  Radiology     Publication Date:  2005 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2005-04-28     Completed Date:  2005-05-24     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0401260     Medline TA:  Radiology     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  635-41     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Copyright Information:
(c) RSNA, 2005
Affiliation:
Departments of Radiology, Pulmonary Medicine, and Anesthesia, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Aged
Airway Obstruction / etiology,  radiography*
Bronchography
Cartilage Diseases / etiology,  radiography*
Female
Humans
Inhalation / physiology*
Male
Middle Aged
Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted*
Respiratory Mechanics / physiology*
Retrospective Studies
Sensitivity and Specificity
Tomography, Spiral Computed*
Trachea / radiography
Tracheal Diseases / etiology,  radiography*

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