In the 1966 novel Fantastic Journey, by Isaac Asimov, a miniature submarine and crew travel throughout the human circulatory ...

Management of chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) includes multimodal therapy that depends on expert centres' experience.1,2 Guidelines advocate for pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA) to ...

Diagram illustrating the study design. NVC, nailfold videocapillaroscopy; PAH, pulmonary arterial hypertension; SLE, systemic lupus erythematosus. Demographic and clinical data were retrospectively ...

In this review, the authors appraise the literature in regard to the cardiovascular changes with ageing, specifically in relation to the systemic and coronary circulation and with a particular ...

The cardiovascular system includes the heart and blood vessels. This article covers normal and abnormal circulatory system function.

The human circulatory system comprises two systems: pulmonary circulation and systemic circulation. Pulmonary circulation comprises a network of pulmonary vessels that transport blood to and from the ...

Systemic manifestations have become increasingly recognized in lung diseases, particularly obstructive disorders. 1 Cardiovascular involvement is particularly relevant because it is associated with ...

Conclusions— Preeclampsia leaves a persistent defect in the systemic and the pulmonary circulation of the offspring. This defect predisposes to exaggerated hypoxic pulmonary hypertension already ...

Pulmonary circulation has limited sympathetic adrenergic innervation. The pulmonary vasculature can respond to a local reduction in alveolar PO 2 by vaconconstriction, thus diverting pulmonary blood ...