Polskie Archiwum Medycyny Wewnętrznej
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Pol. Arch. Med. Wewn. · Mar 2022
Airway remodeling assessed by quantitative computed tomography at various stages of asthma severity defined according to Global Initiative for Asthma report: a single-center study.
In asthma, airway remodeling is defined as structural changes of the airways. The association between remodeling and asthma severity is still unclear, and there are limited data on the intensity of airway remodeling in various stages of the disease as defined in the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) asthma severity classification. Computed tomography (CT) and postprocessing applications are effective tools to assess the intensity of airway remodeling. ⋯ Our findings indicated similar values of CT morphological measures of airway remodeling in all asthma severity groups as defined by the GINA guidelines.