Endobronchial Ultrasonography for the Quantitative Assessment of Bronchial Mural Structures in Lung Transplant Recipients

Background Endobronchial ultrasonography (EBUS) has been shown to be an adequate tool to visualize the laminar structure of the bronchial wall. The purpose of this study was to investigate the potential of EBUS to identify and quantitatively assess bronchial wall structures in lung transplant recipients. Methods EBUS was performed with a radial 20-MHz ultrasonic miniprobe in lung transplant recipients undergoing surveillance bronchoscopies....