Session
Live pulmonary endoscopy
Clinical
Emphysema and severe asthma
Aims : Endoscopic lung volume reduction (ELVR) for severe emphysema and bronchial thermoplasty for severe asthma are new treatment possibilities for patients with obstructive lung diseases. The techniques that will be demonstrated are endobronchial valve Chartis measurements, endobronchial coils, and bronchial thermoplasty.
13:00
Opening lecture: endoscopic therapies for emphysema and asthma
A. Valipour(Wien, Austria)
COI
4379
Patient advocate (AMC)
T. Lapperre(Edegem, Belgium)
COI
4380
Patient advocate (UMCG)
N. Ten Hacken(Groningen, Netherlands)
COI
4381
Endobronchial coils
D. Slebos(Groningen, Netherlands)
COI
F. Sciurba(Pittsburgh, United States)
COI
4382
Bronchial thermoplasty
G. Cox(Hamilton (ON), Canada)
COI
P. Bonta(Amsterdam, Netherlands)
COI
4383
Endobronchial valves and Chartis measurement
D. Slebos(Groningen, Netherlands)
COI
F. Sciurba(Pittsburgh, United States)
COI
4384
14:00
Emphysema and severe asthma: question and answer session
A. Valipour(Wien, Austria)
COI
P. Shah(London, United Kingdom)
COI
4385
14:15
Concluding lecture: Which patient should I refer for ELVR/BT?
P. Shah(London, United Kingdom)
COI
4386
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