Annual Congress Vienna 2003

Saturday, 27.09.2003
Sunday, 28.09.2003
Monday, 29.09.2003
Tuesday, 30.09.2003
Wednesday, 01.10.2003

Citations should be made in the following way: Authors. Title. Eur Respir J 2003; 22: Suppl. 45, abstract number.


Material from 2003:
  • 3196 Abstracts
  • 374 Slide presentations
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New trends in thoracic imaging

Poster Discussion
Chairs: M. Hauser (Oslo, Norway), G. Ferretti (Grenoble, France)
99mTc-DTPA lung clearance test: Role in the diagnosis of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
S. M. Pitale, U. N. Bhure, B. M. Bhatt, S. A. Desai, Y. A. Deshmukh, S. Deshpande, S. M. Karayil, N. Gadkar, A. J. Paidhungat, S. Garde, D. G. Saple, J. K. Maniar (Mumbai, India)
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Comparison of five different CT scanners in their ability to measure emphysema progression: a phantom study
B. C. Stoel, E. M. Bakker, J. Stolk, A. Dirksen, R. A. Stockley, E. Piitulainen, E. W. Russi, J. H. C. Reiber (Leiden, The Netherlands; Hellerup, Denmark; Birmingham, United Kingdom; Malmö, Sweden; Zurich, Switzerland)
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Diagnostic value of the expiratory high resolution computed tomography in chronic bronchitis
O. N. Hatipoglu, M. Turut, M. H. Karakas (Edirne, Turkey)
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Usefulness of the magnetic resonance (MR) in the evaluation of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)
M. P. Foschino Barbaro, R. Sabato, P. Bonfitto, O. Resta, G. Fusco, G. C. Ettorre (Bari, Italy)
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Comparison of CT-scan, SPECT and biopsy results in evaluation of pulmonary nodules
M. Puruckherr, P. Pooyan, R. P. Byrd, J. Metha, T. M. Roy, M. R. Girish (Johnson City, United States Of America)
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High resolution computed tomography (HRCT) findings before and after treatment with Interferon gamma - 1b (IFN-γ) or colchicine in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) patients
K. Malagari, A. Wells, K. M. Antoniou, M. A. Dimadi, A. Rapti, P. Latsi, C. Labrakis, V. Polychronopoulos, D. Bouros (Athens, Heraklion, Alexandroupolis, Greece; London, United Kingdom)
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Significance of pulmonary parenchymal and pleural findings at spiral CT in differential diagnosis of acute pulmonary thromboembolism
P. Cimen, S. Bilaceroglu, E. Celikten, O. Soy, A. Mavis (Izmir, Turkey)
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Pulmonary epithelial permeability with 99mTc-DTPA aerosol in patients with spontaneous pneumothorax
S. V. Pavlovic, D. P. Sobic-Saranovic, T. Kuljic, N. Kozarevic, D. Subotic, P. Rebic (Belgrade, Yugoslavia)
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Imaging of nonresolving pneumonia
G. R. Ferretti, M. A. Rodiere, A. A. Bitsch, S. A. Lantuejoul, M. A. Coulomb (Grenoble, France)
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Application of 99mTc-DTPA aerosol in evaluation of pulmonary epithelial permeability
N. D. Kozarevic, S. V. Pavlovic, D. P. Sobic-Saranovic, V. Bosnjak-Petrovic, V. Bosnjakovic (Belgrade, Yugoslavia)
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Glucocorticoid therapy and changes in lung microcirculation assesed by means of perfusion scintigraphy
O. V. Lukina, J. S. Savitskaya, V. I. Trofimov, V. I. Amosov, V. P. Zolotnitskaya (St Petersburg, Russia)
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The correlation with high resolution computed tomography (HRCT) and pulmonary function tests in bronchiectasis with obstructive airway disease
Y. Kim, Y. M. Lee, K. Kim, S. T. Uh, Y. H. Kim, C. S. Park, C. H. Hwang, J. S. Park (Seoul, South Korea)
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When do primary care patients aged 40 years or less need a CXR?
V. L. C. White, C. M. Roberts, N. Reading (Leytonstone, United Kingdom)
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Radiological findings in patients with Wegener granulomatosis
R. S. Stevic, N. R. Vasic, D. M. Jovanovic, S. B. Djuric (Belgrade, Yugoslavia)
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Fine needle aspiration biopsy and lung core biopsy: comparative analysis in 381 procedures
P. Z. Teixeira, K. Irion, A. Bonini, G. R. Gayer, J. C. Prolla, N. S. Porto (Porto Alegre, Brazil)
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