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A 68-year-old woman with nodular bronchiectasis presents with persistent productive cough, intermittent regurgitation and recurrent ‘chest infections’ despite 12 months of once-daily proton pump inhibitor (PPI) therapy. Her clinician has doubled the PPI dose and is considering long-term azithromycin. Sputum has not been sent for mycobacterial culture in over a year. She has lost 3 kg, at times […]

Arschang Valipour, ERS 2018 – Endobronchial treatment for chronic bronchitis

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Published Online: Sep 24th 2018

Arschang Valipour (Otto-Wagner-Spital, Wien, Austria) discusses the background and findings of his late-breaking presentation entitled: First-in-Human Results of Bronchial Rheoplasty: An Endobronchial Treatment For Chronic Bronchitis (CB).

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1. What are the major unmet needs of patients with chronic bronchitis? (0:12)
2. What is the rationale for the ablation of mucus-producing airway cells in patients with chronic bronchitis? (0:48)
3. How is bronchial rheoplasty performed? (1:20)
4. Could you tell us a little about the first-in-human study you are presenting and its findings? (2:01)
5. Which patients are likely to benefit most from this procedure? (2:44)

Speaker disclosure: Arschang Valipour has nothing to disclose in relation to this video interview.

Filmed at the European Respiratory Society (ERS) International Congress 2018, Paris, France, September 2018.

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