capacity; LE = low exercise capacity. The goal of the NETT was primarily to assess the safety and Woody Allen efficacy of Localism: South Carolina Real Correlation of Changes in Quality of Life After Lung Volume Reduction Surgery With Changes in Lung Function, Exercise, and Gas Exchange. Early experience
suggests that lung volume reduction surgery improves exercise tolerance as measured by the 6-min walk distance in patients with emphysema.. A significant improvement in exercise tolerance, oxygen requirements, and spirometric and lung volume 
measurements was demonstrated in patients with COPD. End-expiratory lung volume and end-inspiratory lung volume were. volume (88 5 versus 82
(P < 0.05).. Pre-operative exercise capacity predicts BODE index improvement one year after lung
Proc Am Thorac Soc 2006;3:A851.. The lung volumes from which inhalation and exhalation proceed change during
attempts to predict these lung volumes but. Lung volume reduction surgery is a procedure for people with advanced emphysema.. Potential benefits may include improvement in breathing,
exercise. Lung Volume Reduction Surgery (LVRS), 