Background Very severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease causes cor pulmonale with
elevated pulmonary vascular resistance and secondary reductions in left ventricular filling, …

Airflow obstruction is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular events in the general
population. The affected vascular bed and contribution of emphysema to cardiovascular risk are …

Rationale: Computed tomography (CT)-based lung density is used to quantitate the percentage
of emphysema-like lung (hereafter referred to as percent emphysema), but information …

Burnout has been described as a psychological syndrome that arises in a stressful work
environment and is prevalent in various occupations. Christine Maslach has done extensive …

Background A recent study showed a high prevalence of burnout in pediatric radiology.
Objective The purpose of this study is to evaluate potential stressors contributing to burnout in …

Rationale: The computed tomography (CT) pattern of definite or probable usual interstitial
pneumonia (UIP) can be diagnostic of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and may obviate the need …

Smoking causes endothelial dysfunction and systemic microvascular disease with resultant
end-organ damage in the kidneys, eyes and heart. Little is known about microvascular …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is linked to cardiovascular disease;
however, there are few studies on the associations of cardiovascular genes with COPD. We …

Purpose: Mathematical models combined with new imaging technologies could improve
clinical oncology studies. To improve detection of therapeutic effect in patients with cancer, we …

We investigated associations of plasma lipoproteins with subclinical interstitial lung disease
(ILD) by measuring high attenuation areas (HAA: lung voxels between −600 and −250 …