Background. Endothelial cells release endothelium-derived relaxing factor (EDRF) in a
variety of vascular beds, including the pulmonary circulation. However, the role of EDRF …

Background: There have been few inter-observer studies of diffuse parenchymal lung
disease (DPLD), but the recent ATS/ERS consensus classification provides a basis for such …

Primary angiosarcomas of the chest wall and pleura are extremely rare and carry a dismal
prognosis. Two cases are reported. One patient (case 1), presented with massive recurrent …

A prospective study of 219 bronchoscopies in 54 heart-lung and in 2 single lung transplant
recipients was undertaken over a 12-month period by a single operator. For histologic study …

We report our experience of herpes simplex virus infection in a series of 51 recipients of
heart lung transplantation (HLT). Nine patients, all of whom were seropositive for the virus …

Aims: To test the hypothesis that cyclooxygenase (COX)‐1 or COX‐2 expression is defective
in lungs in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and to characterize the cellular distribution …

A comparison has been made between the endothelium‐dependent relaxation of pulmonary
arteries (PA) obtained at heart‐lung transplantation from 4 patients with Eisenmenger's …

Obliterative bronchiolitis is the major cause of death of long-term survivors of heart-lung
transplantation. Of our first 75 patients who have received heart-lung transplantation, 38 …

We have studied the effects on FEV1, of inhaled capsaicin in concentrations of 3× 10− 6 to
3× 10− 6 mg/ml and methacholine (1 to 16 mg/ml) in 15 heart-lung transplant (HLT) patients …

Transbronchial lung biopsies taken during episodes of acute lung rejection in heart‐lung
transplant patients were examined histologically. When the diagnosis was confirmed by …