Main pulmonary artery diameter is a prognostic indicator in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension without congenital heart disease.

Pulmonary arterial hypertension is caused by narrowing of the blood vessels in the lungs. Learn how it happens, including ...

The following is a summary of "Mediastinal staging lymph node probability map in non-small cell lung cancer,” published in the March 2025 issue of Respiratory Research by Bordas-Martinez et al.

It’s grown into the tissue between the lungs (mediastinum), heart, large blood vessels in or near the heart, trachea, esophagus, diaphragm, spine, or carina. There are at least two nodules in ...

Several people die in ABC’s medical drama series Grey’s Anatomy. Over the course of its run, many patients have coded or died on the operating table or succumbed to prolonged illness. A few medical ...

which showed an 85 mm mass in the left upper lung with metastases to the right lung, mediastinal and left hilar lymph nodes. He then underwent endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) and transbronchial needle ...

A mediastinoscopy helps doctors look at the space behind your breastbone in the middle of your chest, between your lungs. Experts call this area your “mediastinum.” It holds your heart and its ...

Alveoli are tiny, balloon-shaped air sacs located at the end of the bronchioles, the branch-like tubes in the lungs. The alveoli move oxygen and carbon dioxide (CO 2) molecules into and out of your ...

Radiotherapy (RT) is an effective treatment option for multiple thoracic malignant tumors, including lung cancers, thymic cancers, and tracheal cancers. Radiation-induced lung injury (RILI) is a ...