Spotlight on Aortic Stenosis and Dissection

Spotlight on Aortic Stenosis and Dissection

This Focus Issue on valvular heart disease contains the State of the Art Review article "ESC/EACTS vs. ACC/AHA guidelines for the management of severe aortic stenosis" by Grace Lee from the Temerty Faculty of Medicine in... read more

Post COVID-19 and Patients with and without Pre-existing ILD

Post COVID-19 and Patients with and without Pre-existing ILD

A lot remains to be learned about the long-term effects of patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD) who survive COVID-19 infections. Clinicians need to better understand and recognize the effects of post-COVID 19 lung... read more

Cystic Fibrosis in the COVID-19 Pandemic

Cystic Fibrosis in the COVID-19 Pandemic

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and the development of life-threatening COVID-19 are believed to disproportionately affect certain at-risk populations. However, it is not clear whether... read more

Can Ultrasound Predict Histologic Pattern of Lung Injury in COVID‑19 patient?

Can Ultrasound Predict Histologic Pattern of Lung Injury in COVID‑19 patient?

We have read with great interest the study by de Almeida Monteiro et al. recently published in Intensive Care Medicine, where authors studied the relationship between histopathological data and lung ultrasonographic (LUS)... read more