Panelists discuss how the pathophysiology of pulmonary arterial hypertension involves complex mechanisms across multiple genetic and treatment pathways, with over 20 identified genes and four major ...

This transcript has been edited for clarity. Vallerie McLaughlin, MD: Hello, and welcome to this podcast series. I'm Dr Vallerie McLaughlin, the Kim A. Eagle Endowed Professor of Cardiovascular ...

Pulmonary embolism (PE) is caused by emboli, which have originated from venous thrombi, travelling to and occluding the arteries of the lung. PE is the most dangerous form of venous thromboembolism, ...

Thromboinflammation occurs in various diseases, leading to life-threatening microvascular occlusion with resulting end-organ failure 1–4 . Importantly, how ...

Diffuse parenchymal lung diseases encompass a large number of conditions, with a wide range of causes, clinical manifestations, and imaging and pathological features, as well as variable outcomes.

How do humans breathe? How harmful are e-cigarettes to our body? What are the differences between an obstructive vs. a restrictive pulmonary disease? In Pulmonary Pathophysiology we will discuss these ...

In this Journal feature, information about a real patient is presented in stages (boldface type) to an expert clinician, who responds to the information by sharing relevant background and reasoning ...

Gavin Maitland was 35 years old in 2000 when the trouble with his lungs started. An avid runner and swimmer originally from Scotland but living in Boulder, Colorado, he completed that year’s New York ...

Discover six companies advancing promising treatments for pulmonary hypertension beyond vasodilators, changing the standards of care.

WHAT IS PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION (PAH)? Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) is a severe and progressive form of pulmonary hypertension, characterised by elevated blood pressure in the ...

Benign lung nodules can have a few different causes. These include current and past infections in the lungs and inflammation in the body from a condition like rheumatoid arthritis. A lung nodule is a ...