A 40-year-old woman who was a frequent traveler suddenly found herself struggling to breathe after taking just a few steps. What began as unexplained fatigue and shortness of breath quickly disrupted ...

New research suggests modern ventilators, which have been used frequently in recent years to treat COVID-19 patients, may cause lasting damage to the lungs. Researchers from the University of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Temperature and inflation pressure pose challenges in transporting and preserving donor lungs. A lung ...

Amresh Raina, MD, is director of the Advanced Heart Failure and Pulmonary Hypertension Program at Allegheny General Hospital and the Allegheny Health Network in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. That’s a very ...

When Amy was first diagnosed with scleroderma, she never imagined it would lead to a lifelong journey with lung disease.

Heart surgeons at Johns Hopkins say people who need heart transplants can largely avoid transplant failure due to elevated blood pressure in their lungs with the help of proper drug treatment. Of the ...

Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy is a surgery used to treat chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. It’s the treatment of choice for this condition. Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension ...

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 ...

Flying weather was bad, but the young ex-sailor was enjoying the ride. His oxygen mask seemed to give him no trouble at all. But at 16,000 feet, he suddenly began to sweat and turned blue in the face.

The Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine at the Carl Gustav Carus University Hospital in Dresden and the ...