Revolutionary New Procedure for Asthma
More than 2 million Americans have severe persistent asthma--asthma that is not well controlled despite the use of standard medicines. In April 2010, the FDA approved bronchial thermoplasty (BT), a groundbreaking new asthma procedure (El Camino Hospital is one of just two hospitals in California to offer it). BT is a device-based treatment (called Alair by Asthmatx) that uses heat to reduce the smooth muscle in the airway, thereby helping to keep the airway open during an attack so patients are able to breathe more easily. Dr. Ganesh Krishna, one of the top 10 interventional pulmonologists in the US, is one of the few physicians trained to perform this procedure. In this video, he explains what BT is and how it has helped patients gain substantially better control over their disease, reducing their need for ER visits by 84 percent.Asthma — Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, treatment of this
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