How Effective and Safe Is Bronchial Thermoplasty in “Real Life” Asthmatics Compared to Those Enrolled in Randomized Clinical Trials?

Table 1

Clinical and lung functional characteristics of the study subjects. Exacerbations, ER visits, and hospital admissions were registered in the previous year.

Subject	Age (yrs)	Gender	Severe exacerbations	ER visits	Hospital admissions	(% pred)	VC (% pred)	/VC
1	55	F	12	12	1	73	104	0.60
2	35	M	2	0	0	67	66	0.45
3	58	M	2	0	0	78	84	0.70
4	48	F	2	0	0	77	87	0.69
5	69	F	4	6	6	61	110	0.47
6	67	M	6	4	0	80	122	0.63
7	50	M	3	0	0	73	84	0.69