“Emphysema is usually a description of images — CT scan or X-ray — and is only one part of the disease of COPD,” says Uddalak Majumdar, MD, pulmonologist at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio. COPD is ...
Emphysema often occurs alongside other lung and heart conditions, including chronic bronchitis, asthma, heart disease, and pulmonary hypertension. Emphysema is a chronic lung condition that damages ...
A CT scan of healthy lungs looks typical in size with no inflammation, allowing the diaphragm to dome. Lungs with emphysema can look overinflated, with muscle loss, making the diaphragm misshapen. The ...
Mark T. Dransfield, MD; George R. Washko, MD; Marilyn G. Foreman, MD, FCCP; Raul San Jose Estepar, PhD; John Reilly, MD, FCCP; William C. Bailey, MD, FCCP Table 4 ...
Temple Health is testing a tiny, flexible scaffold aimed at relieving a common problem for emphysema patients: overinflation ...
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- A new treatment option for people with COPD or emphysema could be an alternative to lung surgery and transplant. People with COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, struggle ...
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