Visual Emphysema at Chest CT in GOLD Stage 0 Cigarette Smokers Predicts Disease Progression: Results from the COPDGene Study

Andrea S. Oh,Matthew Strand,Katherine Pratte,Elizabeth A. Regan,Stephen M. Humphries,James D. Crapo,David A. Lynch

Visual Emphysema at Chest CT in GOLD Stage 0 Cigarette Smokers Predicts Disease Progression: Results from the COPDGene Study

2020

Andrea S. Oh
Matthew Strand
Katherine Pratte
Elizabeth A. Regan
Stephen M. Humphries
James D. Crapo
David A. Lynch

The presence of visually evident emphysema on CT images in smokers with normal spirometry, labeled as GOLD stage 0, had progressive airflow obstruction and progression of emphysema over 5 years.

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Medicine
airflow obstruction
Normal spirometry
Radiology
gold stage
chest ct
disease progression

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