(1) University of Padova Medical School, Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Sciences, Pathological Anatomy Section, Padova, Italy Lung transplantation-related pathology includes a large box of disorders such as (a)…
(1) Institute of Pathology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria 23.1 Biopsies There are different types of biopsies one can receive: bronchial biopsies, transbronchial biopsies, ultrasound-guided needle biopsies, and transthoracic…
(1) Institute of Pathology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria The lung develops from the foregut. At the highness of the later larynx, the single tube splits into two buds…
(1) Institute of Pathology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria After being used in the therapy of melanomas, immunotherapy is now also used in NSCLC. A major breakthrough in establishing…
(1) Institute of Pathology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria By bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) a proportion of inflammatory cells are washed out from the lung. The mechanism is still poorly…
(1) Institute of Pathology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria 19.1 Introduction Within the last decade, many important discoveries were made in the regulation of growth, differentiation, apoptosis, and metastasis…
Fig. 10.1 Upper left and right; LV D-shape and LV mitral filling pattern (LV relaxation disturbance) in a patient (age of 40 years) with pressure overloaded RV due to PAH….
Fig. 5.1 (a) Prenatal ultrasound performed in a fetus of 30 gestational weeks depicts a four-chamber view with a tripartite right ventricle. (b) Two weeks later in the 32 gestational…
Fig. 17.1 Kaplan–Meier plots for all-cause mortality (a) and HF hospitalization (b) by RV ejection fraction categories [11]. (with permission Meyer P, Filippatos GS, Ahmed MI, et al. Effects of…
