Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), often referred to as simply “lupus” is a chronic, systemic autoimmune disease that affects many organ systems – most commonly the skin, joints, and kidneys. Due to ...

imperial.ac.uk Objective To assess the accuracy of Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE) scores in predicting mortality at 6 months for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ...

Researchers used PET/MRI to detect otherwise invisible inflammation. Less clear is how this might influence patient care.

43 We searched the cohort for the terms ‘DAH’, ‘diffuse alveolar haemorrhage’ and ‘pulmonary haemorrhage ... typically either a chest X-ray or chest CT scan. Twenty-two patients met all three criteria ...

9. Myocardial Infarction Associated With Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (Type 4a Myocardial Infarction) e629 10. Stent/Scaffold Thrombosis Associated With Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (Type ...

Our aim was to investigate the receptor pharmacology, expression pattern, and in vivo function of ELA peptides in the adult cardiovascular system, to seek evidence for alteration in pulmonary arterial ...

We evaluated the effects on health outcomes of replacing CXR by ultra-low-dose chest-CT (ULDCT) in the diagnostic work-up of patients suspected of non-traumatic pulmonary disease at the emergency ...

While systemic intravenous thrombolysis decreases mortality in patients with high-risk pulmonary embolism (PE), it clearly increases haemorrhagic risk. There are many contraindications to thrombolysis ...

Objective: To present a case series of pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVMs), describing ... of the brain and cerebral arteriography were not performed, cranial CT angiography being the only ...

A repeat percutaneous biopsy or a surgical biopsy was performed in 20 patients (14.4%) who had adequate pulmonary reserve and in whom the physicians believed that the benefit outweighed the risk.

Pulmonary fibrosis (PF) is characterized by scarring, or fibrosis, in the lungs. Scar tissue development can interfere with the lungs’ ability to deliver oxygen to the bloodstream, as well as with ...

These patients were categorized into two groups based on the presence or absence of pulmonary embolism (PE ... Interestingly, among the patients without PE on chest vascular CT, 26 individuals were ...