%0 Journal Article %T Interventional therapy in patients with severe emphysema: evaluation of contraindications and their incidence %A Daniela Gompelmann %A Felix J.F. Herth %A Johannes Krisam %A Markus Polke %A Matthias R£¿tting %A Nilab Sarmand %A Ralf Eberhardt %J Archive of "Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease". %D 2019 %R 10.1177/1753466619835494 %X Endoscopic and surgical interventions may be beneficial for selected patients with emphysema. Rates of treatment failure decrease when the predictors for successful therapy are known. The aim of the study was to evaluate the number of patients with severe emphysema who were not eligible for any intervention, and the reasons for their exclusion %K chronic obstructive pulmonary disease %K emphysema %K endoscopic lung volume reduction %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6421604/