Results of 188 whole-body fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography scans in 137 patients with sarcoidosis

AS Teirstein, J Machac, O Almeida, P Lu, ML Padilla… - Chest, 2007 - Elsevier
Background To study the role of whole-body 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron
emission tomography (PET) scans in the identification of occult biopsy sites and reversible …

[HTML][HTML] Pirfenidone safety and adverse event management in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

…, JA de Andrade, JD Zibrak, ML Padilla… - European respiratory …, 2017 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Pirfenidone is one of two approved therapies for the treatment of idiopathic pulmonary
fibrosis (IPF). Randomised controlled clinical trials and subsequent post hoc analyses have …

Distinctive clinical, radiographic, and functional characteristics of patients with sarcoidosis-related pulmonary hypertension

…, S Kakarla, N Nemani, A Behnegar, ML Padilla - Chest, 2005 - Elsevier
Study objective To differentiate the clinical, radiographic, and physiologic profile in patients
with sarcoidosis with and without pulmonary hypertension. Design Retrospective survey. …

Tixagevimab–cilgavimab for treatment of patients hospitalised with COVID-19: A randomised, double-blind, phase 3 trial

…, DD Murray, TO Jensen, ML Padilla… - The Lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Tixagevimab–cilgavimab is a neutralising monoclonal antibody combination
hypothesised to improve outcomes for patients hospitalised with COVID-19. We aimed to …

[HTML][HTML] Acute exacerbations of progressive-fibrosing interstitial lung diseases

…, JT Huggins, JM Oldham, ML Padilla… - European …, 2018 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Acute exacerbation of interstitial lung disease (ILD) is associated with a poor prognosis and
high mortality. Numerous studies have documented acute exacerbation in idiopathic …

[HTML][HTML] Idiopathic pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis: an unrecognized or misdiagnosed entity?

CD Becker, J Gil, ML Padilla - Modern Pathology, 2008 - Elsevier
Idiopathic pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis is a rare recently described entity likely to be
under- and misdiagnosed, as awareness of this entity is not yet widespread. We report two …

Cardiac sarcoidosis

US Ayyala, AP Nair, ML Padilla - Clinics in chest medicine, 2008 - Elsevier
Sarcoidosis is a systemic disease with a favorable prognosis, high remission rate, and low
mortality. Cardiac involvement alters this prognosis. Clinical manifestations most commonly …

Diagnosis and treatment of hepatic sarcoidosis

US Ayyala, ML Padilla - Current treatment options in gastroenterology, 2006 - Springer
Opinion statement The presence of granulomas in the liver raises consideration of a wide
differential diagnosis, but in most Western series, sarcoidosis accounts for a majority of cases. …

Spectrum of fibrosing diffuse parenchymal lung disease

AS Morgenthau, ML Padilla - … Journal of Medicine: A Journal of …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The interstitial lung diseases are a heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by
inflammation and/or fibrosis of the pulmonary interstitium. In 2002, the American Thoracic Society …

Pulmonary complications in cardiac transplant recipients

R Lenner, ML Padilla, AS Teirstein, A Gass… - Chest, 2001 - Elsevier
Background The incidence of pulmonary complications in heart transplant recipients has
not been extensively studied. We report pulmonary complications in 159 consecutive adult …