2 results match your criteria: "The National Heart and Lung Institute at the Royal Brompton Hospital[Affiliation]"
Pseudotumour formation in atheromatous coronary arteries.
J Forensic Leg Med
May 2015
Department of Histopathology, The National Heart and Lung Institute at the Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK. Electronic address:
Three cases with mass like lesions (pseudotumours) surrounding atheromatous coronary arteries were referred to the Royal Brompton Hospital for expert pathology review. All were males with mean age 74 years (range 55-91). In all cases, coronial autopsies were carried out for sudden deaths in the community.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSmoking cessation in COPD causes a transient improvement in spirometry and decreases micronodules on high-resolution CT imaging.
Chest
May 2014
Departments of Thoracic Medicine, Radiology, and Lung Function and Clinical Studies Unit, National Heart and Lung Institute at the Royal Brompton Hospital, Imperial College, London. Electronic address:
Background: Smoking cessation is of major importance for all smokers; however, in patients with COPD, little information exists on how smoking cessation influences lung function and high-resolution CT (HRCT) scan appearances.
Methods: In this single-center study, we performed screening spirometry in a group of heavy smokers aged 40 to 80 years (N = 358). We then studied the effects of smoking cessation in two groups of selected subjects: smokers with COPD (n = 38) and smokers with normal spirometry (n = 55).