Feb. 6, 2025 — Despite new medication, cystic fibrosis often leads to permanent lung damage. Researchers have discovered that the disease causes changes in the immune system early in life ...

2C). There were no differences in the incidence or severity of segmental PV narrowing between the AF patients and the control subjects. Inside the LIPVs, six of the eight narrowings (75% ...

Background: The morphology of the pulmonary veins (PVs) before and after segmental isolation of the PVs has not been sufficiently characterized. Methods and Results: Multi-slice computed ...

Thurner syndrome (MTS) is a clinicopathological condition where the left common iliac vein is compressed by the overlying right common iliac artery, potentially leading to deep vein thrombosis (DVT) ...

In some cases, you may have lung granulomas that show no abnormal signs. They don’t usually need treatment or other testing. Granulomas are usually found during a doctor’s visit for something ...

There are only a few case reports in the literature.2 3 Anomalous systemic arterial supply to a lung segment without sequestration is characterised by an abnormal systemic arterial branch, usually ...

Respiratory therapists are certified medical professionals who treat problems with your lungs or breathing. They’re not doctors. But they work closely with your doctors to diagnose and monitor ...

Lung cancer liver metastases are tumors that form in the liver from cancer cells that have broken away from the primary cancer and spread through the blood or lymphatic system. The liver is a common ...

The gold standard for finding lung cancer early is computed tomography (CT) lung cancer screening. However, this is limited to people who have smoked. Currently, there are more non-smokers (never ...

The iron lung, conceptualized in the late 1920s, was most notably the first line of defense against polio during the epidemics that occurred between 1948 to 1955. The device saved the lives of ...

Accurate detection and segmentation of lung tumors on CT images is crucial for tracking cancer growth, assessing treatment efficacy, and planning radiation therapy. Currently, qualified physicians ...

Currently, qualified physicians manually identify and segment lung cancers on medical images, a time-consuming process susceptible to physician variability. Although AI deep learning techniques ...