In pulmonary hypertension, the blood vessels in the lungs become narrowed, stiff or blocked, causing pressure to rise inside ...

A 45-year-old woman presents with long-standing exertional dyspnea, wheezing, and intermittent dry cough, which has been ongoing for over the past 10 years.

“Patients with pulmonary edema generally describe breathlessness. Sometimes they feel like they are suffocating or breathing ...

Global pulmonary function testing market growth is driven by rising prevalence of chronic respiratory diseases, increasing geriatric population, and growing adoption of diagnostic monitoring ...

Reduced diffusing capacity of the lungs for carbon monoxide (DLco) reflects microvasculopathy in chronic thromboembolic ...

Background The relationship of social determinants of health (SDOH), environmental exposures and medical history to lung function trajectories is underexplored. A better understanding of these ...

Evaluation for pulmonary hypertension (PH) in patients with cancer must include either lung ventilation/perfusion scan or dual-energy computed tomography of the chest to evaluate for acute and/or ...

Credit: Getty Images The road to race-neutral pulmonary function testing has been long and evolving; now, ATS recommends this approach and a Boston hospital offers an implementation model. In July, ...

Background: While body composition impacts pulmonary function, the differential effects of visceral (VAT) vs. subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) in early-onset COPD remain unquantified. Objective: To ...

1 Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA. 2 Department of Medicine, Holy Name Medical Center, Teaneck, NJ, USA. We present a series of cases in which pulmonary ...