The COVID-19 pandemic has increasing numbers of doctors caring for patients virtually. While critical to protecting patient health during a pandemic, however, virtual care presents unique challenges, ...

THE pulmonary circulation is of paramount importance in failure of the heart. The presence of dyspnea, orthopnea and hemoptysis and a diminution in vital capacity imply a profound change in the blood ...

A new American Heart Association scientific statement suggests surgery be considered for more people with high-risk pulmonary embolism (PE). The statement, published today in the American Heart ...

The Fontan operation and its variants have become the procedures of choice in patients with one anatomical or functional ventricular chamber. In a normal biventricular heart, the systemic and ...

Advanced imaging, like 4D-flow CMR, aids in understanding PA remodeling in different PH subtypes, offering non-invasive differentiation. PAH patients exhibit distinct PA flow characteristics, ...

The metabolic activity of any tissue is limited by its blood supply; the more active any organ, the more blood it needs and the more extensive its vascularization. The changes in metabolic activity ...

CONSIDERABLE progress has been made in recent years in the understanding of thromboembolic disease and also in the ability to diagnose acute pulmonary embolism. Radiologists have learned to interpret ...