Exercise PH — measured by the mPAP/CO slope — may predict survival in patients with normal or mildly elevated pulmonary arterial pressure.

Among patients with COPD who experienced an exacerbation, the risk for cardiovascular events was highest in the following 2 weeks and stayed elevated more than 1 year after, according to study results ...

Chronic lower respiratory diseases, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), are the sixth leading cause of ...

Neighborhood socioeconomic deprivation is independently linked to worse follow-up adherence for incidentally found pulmonary nodules.

Background Whether inhaled corticosteroids (ICSs) reduce major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs) in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is debated. Objectives To establish, ...

New evidence has linked PM1 pollution to significant increases in hospitalizations for COPD and pneumonia, with older adults ...

Lee H, Kim J, Tagmazyan K. Treatment of stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: the GOLD guidelines. Am Fam Physician. 2013;88(10):55-663,663B-F. Chen HY, Ma CH, Cao KJ, et al. A systematic ...

Background: Information about the influence of regular physical activity on the course of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is scarce. A study was undertaken to examine the association ...

Patients continued taking their medications for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) when symptoms appeared to improve, according to a new survey. Professional guidelines say that when pulmonary ...

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