Pulmonary angiography, specifically the computed tomographic version, is the gold standard for diagnosing lung embolism.

The results suggest that early diagnosis and sustained control ... 2024 — A drug approved to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension may be effective at managing hypertension and end-organ damage ...

PAH, or pulmonary hypertension, can leave someone breathless even after a short walk, but better drug combinations have ...

In the era of DOACs, risk for CTEPH following pulmonary embolism is affected by multiple factors, including gender and heart load.

Teamwork: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Early Lung Cancer: Personalized Care A nurse practitioner with NYU's pulmonary intervention team chronicles the NSCLC patient experience from diagnosis to ...

Hypothyroidism has been recognized as a cause of secondary hypertension. Previous studies on the prevalence of hypertension in subjects with hypothyroidism have demonstrated elevated blood ...

People with pulmonary arterial hypertension and their physicians hardly ever agree on the severity of symptoms, a study shows ...

As prevalence of CVDs continues to increase, the AHA and AMA have developed the Target BP initiative to improve blood pressure control in US adults.

A panelist discusses how bronchiectasis involves a vicious cycle of airway damage, where neutrophilic inflammation leads to bronchial wall destruction and dilation, while explaining that diagnosis ...

Studies in the journal Circulation have found that people with stiffer arteries are at a higher risk of developing systolic hypertension, particularly if they have other risk factors like high ...

Although these and other criteria are widely used for their intended purpose, they continue to be used in the clinic, inappropriately, as diagnostic criteria for the individual patient. Classification ...