Constrictive bronchiolitis obliterans is an important respiratory illness because of its underlying irreversible fibrotic process, and is defined as concentric fibrosis in the bronchiolar ...

Therefore, Vp can be increased despite the lack of constrictive physiology. [3] In every patient in whom no respiratory variation could be detected in the supine position, examination should be ...

Constrictive pericarditis occurs when scarring and calcification of the pericardium result in loss of normal elasticity. This limits diastolic relaxation of the heart and causes congestive heart ...