Emphysema News

The approval was based upon an independent review of clinical data from numerous studies including the recently completed Chartis multi-center study 1 and the European VENT study 2. The Chartis Multi-Center Study data was presented at the European Respiratory Society's 2011 Congress in September and the data from the European VENT study was ... (more)

Emphysema is a chronic condition in which the alveoli, or air sacs, of the lungs have lost their elasticity and become stretched out and filled with stale air.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease , a.k.a. chronic obstructive lung disease , chronic obstructive airway disease , chronic airflow limitation and chronic obstructive respiratory disease , is the occurrence of chronic bronchitis and emphysema together.

It would take the 65-year-old up to 40 minutes to get up the steps and it as long as 20 minutes to get out of bed.