“Emphysema is usually a description of images — CT scan or X-ray — and is only one part of the disease of COPD,” says Uddalak Majumdar, MD, pulmonologist at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio. COPD is ...

For adults with a history of smoking undergoing low-dose CT for lung cancer screening, emphysema is predictive of mortality up to 25 years.

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. In those with and those without emphysema, patients ...

A CT scan of healthy lungs looks typical in size with no inflammation, allowing the diaphragm to dome. Lungs with emphysema can look overinflated, with muscle loss, making the diaphragm misshapen. The ...

Mark T. Dransfield, MD; George R. Washko, MD; Marilyn G. Foreman, MD, FCCP; Raul San Jose Estepar, PhD; John Reilly, MD, FCCP; William C. Bailey, MD, FCCP Table 4 ...

Emphysema detected on baseline low-dose chest CT (LDCT) in the lung cancer screening cohort of more than 9,000 asymptomatic ...