title: Thermal vapour ablation to reduce segmental volume in patients with severe emphysema: STEP-UP 12 month results.
authors.affiliation: The National Institute for Health Research Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Brompton, London SW3 6NP, UK; Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK; Imperial College, London, UK. Electronic address: pallav.shah@imperial.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Pallav L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.affiliation: Department of Pneumology and Critical Care Medicine Thoraxklinik, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; The German Lung Research Foundation (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gompelmann
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Ludwig-Boltzmann-Institute for COPD and Respiratory Epidemiology, Otto-Wagner-Hospital, Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Arschang
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Valipour
authors.affiliation: The National Institute for Health Research Respiratory Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Brompton, London SW3 6NP, UK; Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK; Imperial College, London, UK.
authors.forename: William H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: McNulty
authors.affiliation: Department of Pneumology and Critical Care Medicine Thoraxklinik, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; The German Lung Research Foundation (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Ralf
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Eberhardt
authors.affiliation: Medical Clinic of Pneumology, Gemeinschaftskrankenhaus Havelhöhe, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Grah
authors.affiliation: Advanced Lung Disease Program, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
authors.forename: Jim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Egan
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Allergology and Sleep Medicine, General Hospital Nuernberg, Nuremberg, Germany; Paracelsus Medical University, Nuremberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Joachim H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Ficker
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Allergology and Sleep Medicine, General Hospital Nuernberg, Nuremberg, Germany; Paracelsus Medical University, Nuremberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Manfred
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wagner
authors.affiliation: Pneumology, Charité Campus-Mitte, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Witt
authors.affiliation: Pneumology, Charité Campus-Mitte, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Uta
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Liebers
authors.affiliation: Lung Transplant Unit, Prince Charles Hospital, Chermside, Australia.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hopkins
authors.affiliation: Asklepios-Fachkliniken Munich-Gauting, Comprehensive Pneumology Center Munich, Gauting, Germany.
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Gesierich
authors.affiliation: Western Australia Lung Research, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Australia.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Phillips
authors.affiliation: Zentrum für Pneumologie, Hemer, Germany.
authors.forename: Franz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Stanzel
authors.affiliation: Department for Pulmonary Diseases, AK, Harburg, Hamburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Petermann
authors.affiliation: Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, USA.
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Strange
authors.affiliation: Department of Allergy, Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia; Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: Greg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Snell
authors.affiliation: Department of Pneumology and Critical Care Medicine Thoraxklinik, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; The German Lung Research Foundation (DZL), Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Felix J F
authors.initials: FJF
authors.lastname: Herth
mesh_terms: D055011:Ablation Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D000208:Acute Disease; D001999:Bronchoscopy / Q000379:methods; D004646:Emphysema / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005541:Forced Expiratory Volume; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods*; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome