Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a progressive disease with a poor prognosis. Identifying chronic thromboembolic pulmonary disease as a cause of PH has major clinical implications as these patients ...

When non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) spreads beyond the lungs, it often metastasizes to the bones. Estimates suggest 20 to 30 percent of people with NSCLC have bone metastases at the time of ...

Pulmonary embolism (PE) remains one of the leading causes of maternal mortality. At the French Thoracic Society Spring Days in May, Dr Aurélie Dehaene, radiologist at European Hospital in Marseille, ...

Delayed esophageal transit on scintigraphy in patients with systemic sclerosis was linked to diffuse cutaneous disease, advanced lung involvement, and severe diarrhea.

Nerandomilast worked better than a placebo to preserve lung function in adults with progressive pulmonary fibrosis in a Phase 3 study.

At present, lung perfusion scintigraphy, which measures the perfusion in the entirety of the lungs, is the reference standard to evaluate pulmonary perfusion in patients with CHDs (7, 8). Non-ionizing ...

Conclusions— Because of preferential caval flow into either lung, PV-MRI is more accurate for evaluating pulmonary perfusion ratios than lung perfusion scintigraphy in patients with Fontan-like ...

Lung perfusion scintigraphy by SPECT/CT is a safe alternative for diagnosing PE, especially for COVID-19 patients. The role of SPECT/CT in diagnosing PE in COVID-19 patients has been established (4).