Thread by @thoracicrad

Improve your interpretation of nonspecific chest imaging findings thru a better understanding of how ventilation, perfusion, lymphatic drainage & mechanical stress
vary throughout the lungs. [1/6]

Condensed by @marcosmestas from @farouk_dako’s great talk during #STR2021.

@marcosmestas @farouk_dako Why and how PERFUSION varies throughout the lungs, and how this can influence the distribution of some diseases… [2/6]

Condensed by @marcosmestas from @farouk_dako’s great talk @ #STR2021.

@marcosmestas @farouk_dako The interplay between regional differences in lung ventilation vs. lung perfusion… [3/6]

Condensed by @marcosmestas from @farouk_dako’s great talk @ #STR2021.

@marcosmestas @farouk_dako Why and how LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE varies throughout the lungs also influences the distribution of some diseases… [4/6]

Condensed by @marcosmestas from @farouk_dako’s great talk @ #STR2021.

@marcosmestas @farouk_dako MECHANICAL STRESS varies throughout the lungs too… [5/6]

Condensed by @marcosmestas from @farouk_dako’s great talk @ #STR2021.

4 Examples of how the interplay of regional differences in ventilation, perfusion, lymphatic drainage, and mechanical stress may influence the distribution of disease in the lung. [6/6]

Condensed by @marcosmestas from @farouk_dako’s great talk @ #STR2021.

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