Background Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) is essential for assessing patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) ...

including a full pulmonary function testing lab, complete radiology services, echocardiography, laboratory, and nuclear medicine services. Our physicians and surgeons are national and international ...

Background Pulmonary function testing provides important insight regarding health; the vital capacity (VC) is so named because of its association with survival and longevity. Interpretation of ...

Environmental and Occupational Exposure: Chronic inhalation of inorganic and organic particulates, such as silica, asbestos, ...

Routine pulmonary function testing is not recommended, as it has not been shown to be accurate enough to predict or prevent amiodarone lung toxicity. Amiodarone lung toxicity is a diagnosis of ...

Last clinic note or referral letter 2. Pulmonary function tests (PFTs) 3. Chest X-rays and CT scans - upload films to a CD and attach reports 4. Lung biopsy slides and reports, if available. After the ...

For pulmonary diseases or respiratory-related conditions, baseline pulmonary function testing with a spirometer or a simple peak flow meter is recommended prior to the first treatment. After a ...

There are over 100 types of interstitial lung disease. Age, genetics, smoking, and medical treatments can all predispose a person to ILD.