Some of these include pleural effusions, pain, severe fatigue, and more. Dying is a natural process, but it's also a profound mystery in the human experience, and no two deaths are ever truly the same ...

Exposure to asbestos can lead to the development of several diseases that affect the pleura, a membrane that lines the lungs and chest. Pleural diseases (like pleural mesothelioma, effusions, plaques, ...

They occur when calcium builds up in soft tissues, where it isn't supposed to be. Calcium deposits are also called calcification. They can cause the affected soft tissues to harden, which may ...

The ECLIPSE trial failed to show that orbital atherectomy prior to DES implantation is superior to conventional PCI without atherectomy. Patients with calcified coronary lesions were randomized to ...

This is the first large-scale study to study this specific device in severely calcified lesions, and the results support reserving its use for extreme cases. “Operators across the United States ...

WASHINGTON, DC—Orbital atherectomy offers no advantages in treating severely calcified lesions over conventional balloon angioplasty before DES implantation, according to new data from the randomized ...