Ventilation defect percent in helium-3 magnetic resonance imaging as a biomarker of severe outcomes in asthma.

Mummy, David G; Kruger, Stanley J; Zha, Wei; Sorkness, Ronald L; Jarjour, Nizar N; Schiebler, Mark L; Denlinger, Loren C; Evans, Michael D et al. · J Allergy Clin Immunol · 2018

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Abstract

Ventilation defect percent (VDP) measured in asthmatics with hyperpolarized helium-3 MRI was more strongly associated with ED visits and hospitalizations due to asthma exacerbation than were conventional biomarkers of lung function and inflammation.

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