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Lung volume reduction surgery restores the normal diaphragmatic length-tension relationship in emphysematous rats.

Shrager JB, Kim DK, Hashmi YJ, Lankford EB, Wahl P, Stedman HH, Levine S, Kaiser LR. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2001; 121 (2): 217-24

Improved respiratory muscle function is a major effect of a lung volume reduction surgery. We studied length adaptation in rat diaphragmatic muscle in an attempt to elucidate the mechanism by which diaphragmatic function improves after this controversial operation.

PubMedID: 11174726