While medical headlines often focus on the biochemical underpinnings of disease, our body's biomechanics are equally crucial. A recent study explores how hypertension affects lung function, revealing ...

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) technology has relative contraindications in haemorrhagic disease but remains an effective therapeutic option for the treatment of pulmonary haemorrhage ...

Liver disease can lead to complications that affect your lungs, such as the buildup of fluid around your lungs or high blood pressure in the arteries that lead to your lungs from your heart. Your ...

Pulmonary arterial hypertension is a progressive disease involving proliferative remodeling of the pulmonary vessels. Despite therapeutic advances, the disease-associated morbidity and mortality ...

Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy (PTE) is a major surgery on the blood vessels in the lungs. It involves removing a blood clot from the lung to restore blood pressure levels. PTE is also known as ...

The lungs play a vital role in respiration but also as an immune organ. The tissue-resident immune cells in the lungs act as the first line of defense against pulmonary infections. Although ...