… Author links open overlay panel Fink Gershon MD a , Krelbaum Tali MD a , Yellin Alon MD
b , Bendayan Daniel MD a , Saute Milton MD c , Glazer Mendel MD d , Kramer Mordechai R. …

INTRODUCTION: Smoking can cause a variety of pulmonary interstitial diseases. Pulmonary
fibrosis has traditionally been considered a non-smoking-related disease. Recently, …

Pulmonary calcification is a common asymptomatic finding, usually discovered on routine
chest X-ray or at autopsy. Pulmonary calcifications are caused mainly by two mechanisms: the …

Pulmonary arterial hypertension is a malignant disease with a median survival of 3 years.
Uric acid levels are elevated in severe heart failure and in states of hypoxemia. Early data …

… d Nucleotide mutations in V H of the clonal versus nonclonal sequences. Error bars are
represented as mean ± SEM. … K D was calculated using the ratio of the kinetic constants K D = K …

BACKGROUND: Pregnancy is contraindicated in cases of pulmonary hypertension, a highly
morbid disease affecting young women of childbearing age. CASES: We describe the …

Short-term improvement in lung function was observed in 5 of 6 lung transplant recipients
with bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS) who were treated with oral azithromycin. We …

Objective. Pulmonary endothelial dysfunction and increased reflection of pulmonary
pressure waves have been reported in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). However, the …

BACKGROUND: Pulmonary endothelium plays an important role in the mechanism of
pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). However, there is only a few data regarding the systemic …

… Three patients showed a mild restrictive disturbance, and the diffusing capacity of the lung
for carbon monoxide (Dlco) measured significantly less than that predicted (mean Dlco, 56.7…