Researchers developed PVC, a measure that estimates the reduced function of the pulmonary arteries in pediatric PAH patients, ...

Yoo Yeol, 64, a singer and musical producer, shared an update on his health after effectively receiving a death sentence due to pulmonary fibrosis and recovering. On the 15th, the 'Sasaeng Gajoso' CBS ...

Corvista Health’s point-of-care device can detect cases of pulmonary hypertension (PH) that other noninvasive diagnostic tools miss, according to a recent case series. “By enabling physicians to ...

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, ...

My recent pulmonary function test (PFT) results indicated a decline in all the areas it measured. That’s not unusual for me. In the spring, my PFT numbers had declined, as well, leading to a diagnosis ...

Significant gaps persist, however, in the implementation of race-neutral PFT equations in the United States and worldwide, because race has long been embedded in PFT interpretation. Moreover, the ...

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 ...

Abstract: Lung disease remains a critical global health challenge, affecting millions worldwide. Pulmonary function tests (PFTs) are gold standard diagnostic tools for evaluating lung health, ...

Background Patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension or chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (PAH/CTEPH) may experience physiological stress at high altitude. We investigated pulmonary ...