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## Meet the editor

Dr. Theodoros Aslanidis received his Doctor of Medicine degree from the Medical University, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, and his PhD degree from the Aristotle Medical University of Thessaloniki, Greece. He served in the Hellenic Army Force as a medical doctor and then worked as a rural physician at the Outhealth Centre, Iraklia, and Serres' General Hospital, Greece. He completed his residency in anesthesiology at "Hippokratio" General Hospital,

with a subspecialty in critical care training at the AHEPA University Hospital and a postgraduate program in prehospital emergency medicine from the National Centre of Emergency Care, where he served as an EMS physician and emergency communication center medic. Currently, he is working as a consultant-researcher at the intensive care unit of St. Paul General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece. He serves as an editor for multiple medical journals. His research interests are medical writing, data analysis, emergency critical care, and neuromonitoring.

Contents

**Section 1**

**Section 2**

Esophagus

Asthma

**Section 3**

Modifier

*by Kumar Sachin*

*by Kotlyarov Peter Mikhaylovich*

*by Vitalie Faoro and Kevin Forton*

*by Stevan P. Tofovic and Edwin K. Jackson*

**Preface III**

Introduction **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

Interventional Pulmonology **9**

**Chapter 2 11**

**Chapter 3 27**

**Chapter 4 37**

Pulmonary Hypertention **57**

**Chapter 5 59**

**Chapter 6 77**

2-Methoxyestradiol in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: A New Disease

Bronchial Thermoplasty: A New Therapeutic Option in Severe Uncontrolled

Virtual Bronchoscopy for Tumors and Traumatic Lesions of the Airways

Pulmonary Vascular Reserve and Aerobic Exercise Capacity

EUS-B for the Interventional Pulmonologist Using the EBUS Scope in the

Introductory Chapter: Whole Lung Lavage for Pulmonary Alveolar

Proteinosis—The Challenges Remain

*by Yousef R. Shweihat and Shantanu Singh*

*by Theodoros Aslanidis*

## Contents


Preface

Pulmonary medicine obviously continues to be a discipline that is attracting bright, dedicated, and sincerely adventurous individuals, a discipline that is rapidly evolving and changing. Though asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease still claim the role of "kings" in respiratory medicine, huge progress is being made also

Today, we live in an era of transition for pulmonologists, prompting John Hansen-Flaschen, Professor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, to call them "spironauts": scientists with a wider role both in critical care and sleep medicine.

Within this frame, this book, published by IntechOpen, focuses on interesting aspects of pulmonary medicine. The first section of the book is dedicated to interventional pulmonology, and includes updates on bronchial thermoplasty, virtual bronchoscopy, and endobronchial ultrasound. The second section highlights special aspects of pulmonary circulation and pulmonary hypertension. Throughout the book, the authors offer us not only a "vigorous" review of the current literature but

> **Dr. Theodoros Aslanidis** Intensive Care Unit, St. Paul General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece

also a research path to further advancement.

in other areas.
