Lung functional predictors of improvement in exercise capacity and quality of life after lung volume reduction by endobronchial valves

S. Everaerts (Leuven, Belgium), A. Blondeel (Leuven, Belgium), C. Dooms (Leuven, Belgium), L. Ceulemans (Leuven, Belgium), H. Demeyer (Leuven, Belgium), J. Coolen (Leuven, Belgium), D. Van Raemdonck (Leuven, Belgium), G. Verleden (Leuven, Belgium), T. Troosters (Leuven, Belgium), W. Janssens (Leuven, Belgium)

Source: Virtual Congress 2020 – Interventional pulmonology: the pleura and bronchoscopic treatment of emphysema
Session: Interventional pulmonology: the pleura and bronchoscopic treatment of emphysema
Session type: E-poster session
Number: 878
Disease area: Airway diseases

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