Unraveling the Cause of Severe Exertional Dyspnea in a Heavy Smoker

Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2017 Dec;14(12):1849-1855. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201705-382CC.

Authors

Amany F Elbehairy^{1

2}, Karlo Hockmann¹, Casey E Ciavaglia¹, Azmy Faisal^{3

4}, Elizabeth Hill¹, Katherine A Webb¹, J Alberto Neder¹, Denis E O'Donnell¹

Affiliations

¹ 1 Department of Medicine, Queen's University and Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
² 2 Department of Chest Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, and.
³ 3 Faculty of Physical Education for Men, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt; and.
⁴ 4 School of Health, Sport and Bioscience, University of East London, London, United Kingdom.

PMID: 29192822
DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201705-382CC

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Diagnosis, Differential
Dyspnea / diagnosis
Dyspnea / etiology*
Dyspnea / physiopathology
Exercise Test
Exercise Tolerance / physiology*
Humans
Hypogonadism / complications*
Hypogonadism / diagnosis
Male
Middle Aged
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / complications*
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / diagnosis
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / physiopathology
Respiratory Function Tests
Smokers*
Smoking / adverse effects*