Annual Congress Berlin 2008

Saturday, 04.10.2008
Sunday, 05.10.2008
Monday, 06.10.2008
Tuesday, 07.10.2008
Wednesday, 08.10.2008

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2008; 32: Suppl. 52, abstract number.


Material from 2008:
  • 3952 Abstracts
  • 658 Slide presentations
  • 316 Webcasts
  • 96 Handouts
  • 1824 e-posters
  • 316 Multimedia files
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Imaging of different lung diseases: clinical and experimental observations

Thematic Poster Session
Chairs: W. De Wever (Leuven, Belgium), A. Grgic (Homburg/Saar, Germany)
Lung tumor growth quantification in transgenic mice using μCT and μPET
T. Rodt, C. von Falck, R. Halter, M. Galanski, J. Borlak (Hannover, Germany)
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Congress or journal article abstract
HRCT imaging of lung parenchyma in chronic heart failure (CHF) patients: correlation with pulmonary function tests
L. Velentza, A. Paridou, A. Kalianos, K. Kostopoulos, E. Gialafos, J. Nikas, G. Dionelis, M. Fragou, A. Moulopoulou, F. Katsaros, C. Kostopoulos (Athens, Greece)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Comparison of two in vivo microscopy techniques to visualize alveolar mechanics
J. Bickenbach, E. Ogawa, M. Czaplik, E. Koch, R. Rossaint, R. Kuhlen (Aachen, Dresden, Berlin, Germany)
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A comparison study of fiberoptic vs virtual bronchoscopy
K. Pappas, K. Psaras, K. Pigakis, M. Kokkinaki, G. Meletis, M. Ferdoutsis, K. Psillakis, G. Patsourakis, L. Triantafillou, N. Bachlitzanakis (Heraklion, Crete., Heraklion, Crete, Greece)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Does pulmonary aspiration have a role in patients with chronic cough due to gastroesophageal reflux disease?
N. Songur, Y. Songur, S. Cerci, O. Ozturk, A. Senol, M. Yariktas, U. Sahin (Isparta, Turkey)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
A new technique to visualize alveolar dynamics in a rabbit model
J. Bickenbach, M. Czaplik, E. Koch, R. Rossaint, R. Kuhlen (Aachen, Dresden, Berlin, Germany)
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Lung deposition of BDP/formoterol HFA pMDI in healthy subjects, asthmatic and COPD patients
F. Mariotti, G. Poli, D. Acerbi, C. Herpich, P. Brand, T. Meyer (Parma, Italy; Gauting, Germany)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Lung hernia – clinical findings and follow-up
R. Kubale, A. Grgic, J. Ernst-Michael, H. Wilkens (Pirmasens, Homburg/Saar, Regensburg, Homburg, Germany)
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Accuracy of chest x-ray in differentiation of obstructive and restrictive pulmonary patterns in comparison to plethysmograghy
H. Abtahi, N. Nikoo, S. Shahriaran (Tehran, Islamic Republic Of Iran)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Changes in chest radiographs in HIV/AIDS patients in Enugu, Nigeria
N. Njeze, U. Itanyi, A. Onuh, C. Chukwuka (Enugu, Nigeria)
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Endothelial function in patients with pulmonary diseases
N. V. Yahorava, I. S. Karpova, H. L. Hurevich, I. M. Lapteva (Minsk, Belarus)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Radiographic manifestations in TB/HIV patients
M. Bakhshayeshkaram, S. Zahirifard (Tehran, Islamic Republic Of Iran)
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Long-acting bronchodilatators influence on degree of bronchus inflammation process in COPD patients
V. Elena, R. Viktoria, L. Anton (Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine)
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GDV – bioelectrography in diagnostics of the oncologic and others pathological processes of the thorax
Y. Kolkin, V. Vecherko, O. Dzhereliy, V. Kolkina (Donetsk, Kiev, Ukraine)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Normal lung density in helical computed tomography
K. Irion, E. Marchiori, B. Hochhegger, E. Irion, J. Holemans (Liverpool, United Kingdom; Rio de Janeiro, Porto Alegre, Brazil)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
Influence of tuberculosis in CT staging of lung neoplasm
A. Ivkovic, T. Spasic, S. Ristic (Nis, Vranje, Serbia And Montenegro)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Clinical features of organizing pneumonia primed by radiation therapy to the breast
T. Jinta, K. Oikado, M. Matsusako, S. Gotoh, S. Yamao, R. Gugiura, H. Horinouchi, H. Ono, H. Yagata, S. Nakamura, K. Sekiguchi, N. Nishimura, N. Chohnabayashi (Tokyo, Japan)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster
The radiological spectrum of pulmonary multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in HIV-negative patients
S. Zahirifard, M. Bakhshayeshkaram (Tehran, Islamic Republic Of Iran)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Chest ultrasound examination (for pleural effusions) by chest physicians in the United Kingdom: a national web-based survey of the practice
A. Guhan, P. Walker, G. S. Leen, G. Naisby (Middlesbrough, United Kingdom)
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Congress or journal article abstract
Vibration response imaging (VRI) in COPD patients
M. Mineshita, J. Saji, H. Kida, F. Ishikawa, H. Nishine, M. Nakamura, M. Ohshige, A. Ishida, S. Nobuyama, Y. Matsuoka, T. Inoue, M. Hoshino, T. Shirakawa, T. Miyazawa (Kawasaki-City, Kanagawa, Japan)
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Congress or journal article abstractE-poster