Pulmonary diagnostic tests are a series of tests which evaluate how well the lungs are performing. These tests may be performed to help diagnose disease, monitor disease progression or therapeutic ...

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) during exercise testing is linked to the combined risk of CV-related hospitalization and death among patients with chronic dyspnea, confirms a report on more than 700 ...

The assessment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) now allows for the evaluation of various patient-reported outcomes (PROs); however, these PROs assess different disease features than ...

There are many different types of pulmonary function tests that may be used to provide valuable information about the lungs, as well as detect the presence of and/or monitor certain respiratory ...

In adults with Fontan circulation, a higher pulmonary vascular resistance index (PVRI) during exercise and failure to reduce the PVRI were associated with a greater risk for death or heart ...

Pulmonary function testing is used to measure the function of the lungs, as well as diagnose or monitor the progression of respiratory conditions. Image Credit: Minerva Studio / Shutterstock.com There ...

Dear Dr. Roach • I recently was diagnosed with pulmonary arterial hypertension after a long list of tests. I went to Boston and had the CPET (Cardio Pulmonary Exercise Test). Since being put on the ...

Merck (NYSE:MRK) is approaching phase 2 data for Winrevair in pulmonary hypertension. Results will focus on the 6 minute walk ...