Pulmonary hypertension is a condition in which pulmonary arteries constrict, leading to higher blood pressure. If left untreated, it can lead to heart failure.
Atrial fibrillation is a heart rhythm problem that causes irregular heartbeat (arrhythmia) and abnormal blood flow.
Heart attacks are one of the leading causes of death in the United States.
E-cigarette, or vaping product, use-associated lung injury, or EVALI, is the term for the lung disease that can develop due to vaping. Learn about symptoms and treatment.
Yale Medicine is at the forefront of a growing movement to provide tobacco cessation intervention in the emergency department to help stop smoking.
Pulse oximetry is a noninvasive method of measuring the saturation of oxygen in a person's blood.
In this routine test, a physician slips a flexible device called a bronchoscope through your nose or mouth, down your throat and into your lungs.
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Coronary atherosclerosis treatments remove blockages from the walls of the arteries to improve blood flow to the heart. Learn more about this treatment.
An IVC is a special basket-like filter to trap blood clots. It can be inserted into the inferior vena cava to prevent pulmonary embolism, but it is important to remove IVC filters as soon as they’re no longer needed to reduce long-term complications.