Ventilation defect percent in helium-3 magnetic resonance imaging as a biomarker of severe outcomes in asthma.
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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.
Medical subject headings
- Asthma
- Helium
- Isotopes
- Lung
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Pulmonary Ventilation