… Requests for reprints should be addressed to Spiros A. Papiris, MD, Department of
Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, Greece. …

Aim To evaluate the distribution of circulating immune cell subsets in peripheral blood of
patients with sarcoidosis and investigate if there is an association with an underlying cardiac …

Round (helical) atelectasis is one of the benign sequelae of occupational asbestos
exposure. Environmental asbestos exposure does not differ from occupational in its pleural …

Background: Little is known about diaphragmatic function during obstructive sleep apnea
syndrome. On the other hand ultrasonography has been used to image the diaphragm …

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic, progressive fibrosing interstitial pneumonia
of unknown cause that is limited to the lungs1. The disease is inevitably fatal, with an …

Introduction: Sarcoidosis is a multisystemic disease associated with arrhythmias, however
the development of atrial fibrillation (AF) has not been described. Aim of this study was the …

Background: Obstructive sleep apnea has detrimental effects on function of left ventricle. It is
also known that large decreases in intrathoracic pressure occur during obstructive apnoeas. …

Introduction: Although plasma BNP level is considered to be a useful biomarker for identifying
cardiac involvement in patients with Sarcoidosis (Sarc) few data exist for its predictive role …

Severe asthma, although difficult to define, includes all cases of difficult/therapy-resistant
disease of all age groups and bears the largest part of morbidity and mortality from asthma. …

Lung cancer is usually recognized late in its natural history. Late recognition, which is the
case in 80% of newly diagnosed patients with lung cancer, relates to disseminated and …