New technology is allowing highly-trained surgeons to make smaller incisions, meaning less narcotics and fewer infections and complications.

Australians undergoing open-heart surgery could soon benefit from safer, simpler care and get home earlier thanks to the ...

A new clinic that focuses on pulmonary medical services has opened at the Baton Rouge General Bluebonnet Campus.

Temple Health is testing a tiny, flexible scaffold aimed at relieving a common problem for emphysema patients: overinflation ...

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The proportion of patients with postoperative pulmonary complications in the first 5 days after thoracic surgery did not ...

For columnist Caroline Gainer, treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease isn't always found in the operating room.

Pulmonary embolism (PE) continues to challenge clinicians with its complex presentation and potential for rapid deterioration. As the third leading cause of cardiovascular mortality in the U.S.

Baptist Memorial Health Care Corp. serves as a vital lifeline across the Mid-South, with more than 20 hospitals, 100 imaging locations and more than 3,000 staffed beds across Tennessee, Mississippi ...

People with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) who have a high pulmonary arterial wedge pressure (PAWP) — a measure of pressure in the heart’s left atrium, which receives blood from ...

Despite affecting approximately 1% of the population and carrying significant mortality risk, pulmonary hypertension (PH) remains underrecognized compared to other cardiovascular conditions. Several ...

NEW COLUMBIA — A New Columbia man with lung disease was planning his own funeral before he received a medical procedure that not only extended his life, but enabled him to take his life back. Terry ...