Getinge’s decision to leave the surgical perfusion market will benefit LivaNova, an already dominant player in the sector ...

More lungs were offered for transplantation from DCD donors than expected from historical organ yields, whether with ...

Getinge plans to phase out its surgical perfusion business in a move expected to benefit major players such as LivaNova, ...

More than 600 lung transplants have been performed since Northwestern Medicine launched its lung transplant program back in ...

If insulin can’t get out of blood vessels, it can’t act in its target tissues. “Endothelial cells are full of insulin ...

“In 2024, we used ‘lungs in a box,’ also known as lung perfusion, to repair the most number of donor lungs that were not initially usable,” said Chief of Thoracic Surgery Dr. Ankit Bharat.

Lung biopsy is a relatively frequently performed procedure with considerable benefit for patient management but it may, on rare occasions, result in the death of the patient. It is a multidisciplinary ...

Lung cancer screening aims to find lung cancer early. This is when there are more treatment options available and there is the best chance of treating it successfully. In the UK, the National ...

CT perfusion (CTP)-derived quantitative maps of hemodynamic parameters have found important clinical applications in stroke, cancer, and cardiovascular disease. Blood flow, blood volume, transit time, ...

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 ...

Finally, administration of the aSMase inhibitor D609 limited the development of endotoxin-induced PH and ventilation-perfusion mismatch. The protective effects of D609 were validated in isolated human ...

COPD is a progressive lung disease with mild symptoms in the early stages that gradually worsen. Early diagnosis and treatment can help preserve lung function. People with COPD often have trouble ...