Pulmonary arterial hypertension is most often diagnosed in its advanced stages because of
the nonspecific nature of early symptoms and signs. Although clinical assessment is …

Lung metastasis is challenging in patients with triple‐negative breast cancer (TNBC).
Surgery is always not available due to the dissemination of metastatic foci and most drugs …

New Findings• What is the topic of this review? Studies a, contabs, longabsre reviewed
showing that hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction and subsequent remodelling expose the …

Background Echocardiographic studies have contributed to progress in the understanding of
the pathophysiology of the pulmonary circulation and have been shown to be useful for …

Lung function is inherently mechanical in nature and depends on the capacity to conduct air
and blood to and from the gas exchange regions. Variations in the elastic properties of the …

Background: Pulmonary hypertension and associated right ventricular (RV) dysfunction are
important determinants of morbidity and mortality, which are optimally characterized by …

Background—Pulmonary vascular (PV) distensibility, defined as the percent increase in
pulmonary vessel diameter per mm Hg increase in pressure, permits the pulmonary vessels …

Abstract Naeije, Robert, and Rebecca Vanderpool. Pulmonary hypertension and chronic
mountain sickness. High Alt Med Biol 14: 117–125, 2013.—Chronic mountain sickness is a …

The pulmonary circulation is a high-flow and low-pressure circuit. The functional state of the
pulmonary circulation is defined by pulmonary vascular pressure–flow relationships …

Background Hemodynamic perturbations in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
(HFpEF) may alter the distribution of blood in the lungs, impair gas transfer from the alveoli …