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Descriptor English: Bronchial Thermoplasty
Descriptor Spanish: Termoplastia Bronquial
Descriptor termoplastia bronquial
Scope note: Destrucción térmica del exceso de MÚSCULO LISO bronquial mediante calor suministrado por un catéter que se introduce mediante un BRONCOSCOPIO. Se usa generalmente para tratar la HIPERREACTIVIDAD BRONQUIAL en el ASMA grave para un mejor MANEJO DE LA VÍA AÉREA.
Descriptor Portuguese: Termoplastia Brônquica
Descriptor French: Thermoplastie bronchique
Entry term(s): Bronchial Thermoplasties
Thermoplasty, Bronchial
Tree number(s): E02.808.750.500.500
E04.014.760.500.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000074060
Scope note: Thermal destruction of the excess bronchial SMOOTH MUSCLE tissue with heat delivered through a catheter assembly attached to a BRONCHOSCOPE. It is often used to control BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY in severe ASTHMA for better AIRWAY MANAGEMENT.
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
MO mortality
MT methods
NU nursing
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Previous Indexing: Catheter Ablation (2005-2017)
Public MeSH Note: 2018
History Note: 2018
DeCS ID: 57182
Unique ID: D000074060
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Date Established: 2018/01/01
Date of Entry: 2017/07/11
Revision Date: 2018/06/30
Bronchial Thermoplasty - Preferred
Concept UI M000625389
Scope note Thermal destruction of the excess bronchial SMOOTH MUSCLE tissue with heat delivered through a catheter assembly attached to a BRONCHOSCOPE. It is often used to control BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY in severe ASTHMA for better AIRWAY MANAGEMENT.
Preferred term Bronchial Thermoplasty
Entry term(s) Bronchial Thermoplasties
Thermoplasty, Bronchial



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