Diagram illustrating the study design. NVC, nailfold videocapillaroscopy; PAH, pulmonary arterial hypertension ... Of the 20 identified patients with SLE-PAH, 2 died from non-SLE-related causes and 2 ...

In view of the persuasive evidence that oxidative stress is important in the pathophysiology of COPD, erdosteine appears to be a logical approach to therapy. At least half of smokers will develop ...

1. Clinical Practice Guidelines Group. Diagnosis and management of pulmonary arterial hypertension: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines. Chest 2004; 126(Suppl):1S 92S This statement ...

When a blood clot forms in a vein deep inside your body, it causes what doctors call deep vein thrombosis (DVT). DVT can have the same symptoms as many other health problems. But about half the ...

As to what causes high cholesterol, a number of factors may be involved. Diet, weight, and physical activity can affect cholesterol levels, but so can genes, age, and gender. If you’ve been ...

Learn symptoms of an armpit rash, what causes it, how it’s diagnosed, and treatment options. Signs and Symptoms of an Armpit Rash A rash can develop in the armpits themselves or on the skin ...

When the blood pressure in the pulmonary arteries gets too high, the arteries in the lungs narrow (or constrict), reducing blood flow through the lungs and causing low levels of oxygen in the blood.

In fact, cigarette smoking is responsible for about 80% of all cases of COPD in the United States. Other causes of COPD include exposure to environmental toxins such as biomass fuels, the development ...

Introduction Identifying acute hypercapnic respiratory failure is crucial in the initial management of acute exacerbations of COPD. Guidelines recommend obtaining arterial blood samples but these are ...

Objective To obtain images of delayed ventilation that might be related to collateral ventilation over the period of a single breath-hold in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Since chronic, low-grade increase of circulating troponin can be due to both ischaemic and non-ischaemic causes, it is important to be able to distinguish between these aetiologies. Stable COPD ...