The Norwood procedure with a modified Blalock–Taussig (MBT) shunt, the first palliative stage for single-ventricle lesions with systemic outflow obstruction, is associated with high mortality. The ...

Pulmonary Circulation, Vol. 3, No. 4 (December 2013), pp. 728-738 (11 pages) AbstractVenous thromboembolism comprises deep-vein thrombosis, thrombus in transit, acute pulmonary embolism, and chronic ...

Echocardiographic View of the Heart in a Patient with Sickle Cell Disease and Pulmonary Hypertension 0m 3s The inheritance of two copies of a mutant β-globin gene, one from each parent, is the ...

Expert Rev Resp Med. 2008;2(5):539-549. Results from human subjects have also demonstrated significant pulmonary anti-inflammatory effects of roflumilast. In a randomized, placebo-controlled, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A systemic sclerosis-related pulmonary hypertension diagnosis in the last 10 years vs. 10 years prior was linked ...

Group 1 pulmonary hypertension (or pulmonary arterial hypertension) is a rare, highly complex, and progressive disorder that is incurable and ultimately can lead to premature death. PAH causes ...

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a rare, progressive, and potentially fatal cardiopulmonary syndrome that imposes a significant burden on patients in terms of morbidity and mortality, and on ...

A pulmonary embolism is a blockage in the pulmonary artery that supplies blood to the lungs. The blockage, usually caused by a blood clot, impairs oxygenation of the blood and can damage the heart.