Publications
Castro M, Rubin AS, Laviolette M, Fiterman J, De Andrade Lima M, Shah PL, Fiss E, Olivenstein R, Thomson NC, Niven RM, Pavord ID, Simoff M, Duhamel DR, McEvoy C, Barbers R, ten Hacken NHT, Wechsler ME, Holmes M, Phillips MJ, Erzurum S, Lunn W, Israel E, Jarjour N, Kraft M, Shargill NS, Quiring J, Berry SM, and Cox G, for the AIR2 Trial Study Group.Effectiveness and safety of Bronchial Thermoplasty in the treatment of severe asthma: a multicenter, randomized, double-blind sham-controlled clinical trial.
Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2010; 181: 116–124.
Mayse ML, Laviolette M, Rubin AS, Lampron N, Simoff M, Duhamel D, Musani AL, Yung RC, and Mehta AC.
Clinical pearls for bronchial thermoplasty.
J Bronchol 2007; 14: 115–123.
Pavord ID, Cox G, Thomson NC, Rubin AS, Corris PA, Niven RM, Chung KF, Laviolette M, for the RISA Trial Study Group.
Safety and efficacy of bronchial thermoplasty in symptomatic, severe asthma.
Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2007; 176(12): 1185-1191.
Cox G, Thomson NC, Rubin AS, Niven RM, Corris PA, Siersted HC, Olivenstein R, Pavord ID, McCormack D, Chaudhuri R, Miller JD, and Laviolette M, for the AIR Trial Study Group.
Asthma control during the year after bronchial thermoplasty.
N Engl J Med. 2007 29; 356(13): 1327-1337.
Wilson SR, Cox G, Miller JD, and Lam S.
Global assessment after bronchial thermoplasty: the patient’s perspective.
Journal of Outcomes Research 2007; 10: 37-46.
Cox G, Miller JD, McWilliams A, Fitzgerald JM, and Lam S.
Bronchial thermoplasty for asthma.
Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2006; 173(9): 965-969.
Brown RH, Wizeman W, Danek C, and Mitzner W.
Effect of bronchial thermoplasty on airway distensibility.
Eur Respir J. 2005; 26(2): 277-282.
Brown RH, Wizeman W, Danek C, and Mitzner W.
In vivo evaluation of the effectiveness of bronchial thermoplasty with computed tomography.
J Appl Physiol. 2005; 98(5): 1603-1606.
Miller JD, Cox G, Vincic L, Lombard CM, Loomas BE, and Danek CJ.
A prospective feasibility study of bronchial thermoplasty in the human airway.
Chest. 2005; 127(6): 1999-2006.
Danek CJ, Lombard CM, Dungworth D, Cox G, Miller JD, Biggs MJ, Keast T, Loomas BE, Wizeman WJ, Hogg JC and Leff AR.
Reduction in airway hyperresponsiveness to methacholine by the application of RF energy in dogs.
J Appl Physiol 2004; 97: 1946-1953.
Rubin AS, and Cardoso PF.
Bronchial thermoplasty: report on the first endoscopic treatment for asthma in Latin America.
J Bras Pneumol. 2008; 34(1): 59-62.
Review Articles
Castro M, Musani A, Mayse M, and Shargill N.Bronchial thermoplasty: a novel technique in the treatment of severe asthma.
Ther Adv Respir Dis 2010; 4(2): 101-116
Cox G.
Bronchial Thermoplasty
Clin Chest Med 2010; 31: 135-140
Martin N, and Pavord ID.
Bronchial Thermoplasty for the Treatment of Asthma
Current Allergy and Asthma Reports 2009; 9: 88–95
Cox G.
New interventions in asthma including bronchial thermoplasty.
Curr Opin Pulm Med. 2008; 14(1): 77-81.
Wechsler ME.
Bronchial thermoplasty for asthma: a critical review of a new therapy.
Allergy Asthma Proc. 2008; 29(4): 365-370.
Mitzner W.
Bronchial thermoplasty in asthma.
Allergol Int. 2006; 55(3): 225-234.
Cox G, Miller J, Mitzner W, and Leff AR.
Invited Perspective: Radiofrequency ablation of airway smooth muscle for sustained treatment of asthma: rationale and preliminary investigations.
Eur Respir J 2004; 24: 659-663.
