Diagram of patients with transthoracic echocardiography ... of patients had baseline computer-based lung vessel tomography, and 6.16% (n = 39) had ventilation/perfusion scans. Concerning pulmonary ...

Also, the cohort included 3,161 (78.8%) who had D-dimer diagnostic testing, 1,450 (36.1%) who had computed tomographic pulmonary angiography (CTPA), 12 (0.3%) who had ventilation-perfusion (VQ ...

A recent study published in BMC Geriatrics analyzing health and long-term care insurance data from Tsukuba City has provided ...

The FDA has expanded the approval of Xenoview (xenon Xe 129 hyperpolarized) to include use in pediatric patients aged 6 years and older.

Hyperpolarized xenon MRI may be useful in assessing response to biologic treatment among patients with asthma, according to a ...

Home-based pulmonary rehabilitation has been slowly gaining momentum for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but access is still a challenge. "The science shows that there is greater ...

Xenoview is a hyperpolarized xenon inhaled contrast agent indicated for use with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for evaluation of lung ventilation. The expanded approval increases patient ...

The trial enrolled 1176 patients across 44 countries with fibrosing ILDs other than idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), such as autoimmune ILDs, hypersensitivity pneumonitis, and unclassifiable ...

The subdivisions of the lung volume, pulmonary mechanics, and resting steady state pulmonary transfer factor were measured in 31 patients with bronchographically proven bronchiectasis. In seven ...

and imaging with either pulmonary ventilation–perfusion (V/Q) scintigraphy or pulmonary multidetector CT (MDCT) angiography. Both V/Q SPECT and MDCT angiography seem to have high diagnostic accuracy.

Perfusion distribution was assessed by intravenous bolus injection of 133 Xe and distribution of ventilation to volume ratios by washouts after inhalation and intravenous injection. No consistent ...

Your heart has four valves that help blood flow through the heart. Your pulmonary valve is a valve on the right side of your heart. Your pulmonary valve opens to let blood flow to your lungs through ...