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Percutaneous closure of PFO in patients with reduced oxygen saturation at rest and during exercise : short- and long-term results [PDF]

, 2020
Background. A patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a rare cause of hypoxemia and clinical symptoms of dyspnea. Due to a right-to-left shunt, desaturated blood enters the systemic circulation in a subset of patients resulting in dyspnea and a subsequent ...
De Cuyper, Celine, De Pauw, Michel, De Wolf, Daniël, Derom, Eric, Paelinck, Bernard, Pauwels, Tristan, Van Berendoncks, An, Vermeersch, Gaelle, Vermeersch, Paul   +8 more
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The HLA class II allele DRB1*1501 is over-represented in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis [PDF]

, 2011
Background: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive and medically refractory lung disease with a grim prognosis. Although the etiology of IPF remains perplexing, abnormal adaptive immune responses are evident in many afflicted patients.
A Shimizudani, A Warrens, A-L Katzenstein, Adriana Zeevi, Ahmad Samer Alawad, AN Vallejo, Bernadette R. Gochuico, C Evans, C Taillé, CA Feghali-Bostwick, CA Stewart, Carl R. Fuhrman, Carol A. Feghali-Bostwick, CEM Voorter, CJ Lettieri, CL Vanderlugt, CM Magro, CV Strimlan, CWG Turton, D Falkner, DM Libby, E Varpela, EF Perez, F Ogushi, F Takeuchi, FC Hall, Frank C. Sciurba, Glenn D. Rosen, H Schmidt, HR Collard, I Kotslanidis, Iclal Ocak, Imre Noth, IO Rosas, Ivan O. Rosas, J Homolka, J Marchal-Somme, J Marchal-Somme, JA Traherne, JC Grutters, JD Fulmer, Jianmin Xue, Joseph M. Pilewski, K Kurosu, Karen T. Cuenco, Kevin F. Gibson, M Kreider, M Selman, Mary A. Smith, MB Oldstone, Melanie Koenigshoff, MG Rudolph, N Dobashi, Naftali Kaminski, P Ren, Penelope A. Morel, PI de Bakker, R Falfan-Valenci, SA Papiris, Sanja Dacic, SM Studer, SR Gilani, Steven D. Nathan, Steven R. Duncan, Susan S. Jacobs, T Takahashi, Vincent G. Valentine, W Klitz, WE Lawson, Yingze Zhang   +69 more
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Serum uric acid as a marker of microvascular damage in systemic sclerosis patients [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Microvascular damage of skin and internal organs is a hallmark of systemic sclerosis (SSc). Serum uric acid (UA) represents a marker of inflammation and endothelial dysfunction.
Amoroso, Antonio, Barbano, Biagio, Barilaro, Giuseppe, Cianci, Rosario, Di Mario, Francesca, Gasperini, Maria Ludovica, Gigante, Antonietta, Quarta, Silvia, Romaniello, Antonella, Rosato, Edoardo   +9 more
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Clinical and serological features of systemic sclerosis in a multicenter African American cohort: Analysis of the genome research in African American scleroderma patients clinical database. [PDF]

, 2017
Racial differences exist in the severity of systemic sclerosis (SSc). To enhance our knowledge about SSc in African Americans, we established a comprehensive clinical database from the largest multicenter cohort of African American SSc patients assembled
Boin, Francesco, Carns, Mary, Chung, Lorinda, Criswell, Lindsey A, Derk, Chris T, Domsic, Robyn T, Gladue, Heather, Goldberg, Avram, Gordon, Jessica K, Gourh, Pravitt, Hsu, Vivien, Jan, Reem, Kastner, Daniel L, Khanna, Dinesh, Mayes, Maureen D, Medsger, Thomas A, Morgan, Nadia D, Ramos, Paula S, Remmers, Elaine F, Saketkoo, Lesley A, Schiopu, Elena, Shah, Ami A, Shanmugam, Victoria K, Silver, Richard M, Steen, Virginia D, Trojanowski, Marcin A, Valenzuela, Antonia, Varga, John, Wigley, Fredrick M   +28 more
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The 6 minute walk in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: longitudinal changes and minimum important difference [PDF]

, 2010
The response characteristics of the 6 minute walk test (6MWT) in studies of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) are only poorly understood, and the change in walk distance that constitutes the minimum important difference (MID) over time is ...
Behr, Jürgen, Brown, Kevin K., du Bois, Roland M., King, Talmadge E., Raghu, Ganesh, Swigris, Jeffrey J., Wamboldt, Frederick S.   +6 more
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Bosentan for digital ulcers prevention does not worsen cardiopulmonary exercise test parameters in SSc patients with interstitial lung disease [PDF]

, 2016
Bosentan for digital ulcers prevention does not worsen cardiopulmonary exercise test parameters in SSc patients with interstitial lung ...
Amoroso, Daria, Barbano, Biagio, DI PAOLO, Marcello, Gigante, Antonietta, Palange, Paolo, Romaniello, Antonella, Rosato, Edoardo, Tallerini, Gaia   +7 more
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Changes in the Components of the Diffusing Capacity in Pulmonary Sarcoidosis [PDF]

Thorax, 1963
N. A. J. Hamer
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Development and validity testing of an IPF-specific version of the St George's Respiratory Questionnaire [PDF]

, 2010
Rationale The St George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) is often applied to assess health-related quality of life in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Some SGRQ items will inevitably have weaker measurement properties than others when
Jones, PW, Swigris, JJ, Yorke, J
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Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis Associated with Environmental Mycobacteria [PDF]

, 2005
A previously healthy man working as a machine operator in an automotive factory developed respiratory symptoms. Medical evaluation showed abnormal pulmonary function tests, a lung biopsy showed hypersensitivity pneumonitis, and his illness was traced to ...
Akshay Sood, Anonymous, CDC, Donald Milton, Mery A, Michael Kallay, William Beckett, Zhengfa Zuo   +7 more
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Pulmonary function testing in HTLV-I and HTLV-II infected humans: a cohort study

BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2003
Background HTLV-I infection has been linked to lung pathology and HTLV-II has been associated with an increased incidence of pneumonia and acute bronchitis. However it is unknown whether HTLV-I or -II infection alters pulmonary function.
Garratty George, Smith James W, Ownby Helen E, Murphy Edward L, Hutching Sheila T, Wu Ying, Ameti Dannie I   +6 more
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