Background The application of iloprost, a stable prostacyclin analogue, by inhalation has
been shown to improve hemodynamic variables in patients with primary pulmonary …

Purpose: 18 F-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) is increasingly applied
in the staging of lung cancer (LC). This study analyzes the potential contribution of PET in …

Background Preoperative chemotherapy improves survival in patients with stage III non-small-cell
lung cancer (NSCLC) amenable to resection. We aimed to assess the additional effect …

Background Airway bypass is a bronchoscopic lung-volume reduction procedure for
emphysema whereby transbronchial passages into the lung are created to release trapped air, …

18 F-FDG PET is the most accurate noninvasive modality for staging mediastinal lymph
nodes in lung cancer. Besides using visual image interpretation, some institutions use …

Patients after kidney, heart and lung transplantation differ in their immunosuppressive drug
regimens and in susceptibility to infectious complications with cytomegalovirus (CMV). In this …

The aim of this study was to investigate formoterol, an inhaled long-acting β 2 -agonist, in
patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Six-hundred and ninety-two …

Purpose The differentiation of recurrent lung cancer and post-therapeutic changes remains a
problem for radiological imaging, but FDG-PET allows biological characterisation of tissues …

Study objectives The aim of this study was to examine the influence of sleep-related breathing
disorders (SBDs) on the occurrence of ventricular arrhythmias in patients with reduced left …

Purpose 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET is the most accurate imaging modality in
characterizing a solitary pulmonary nodule (SPN). Besides visual image interpretation, …