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Join us at the 33rd Annual Meeting of the European Society of Thoracic Surgery (ESTS)

The 33rd Annual Meeting of the European Society of Thoracic Surgery is going to be held in May 25-27, 2025 in Budapest, Hungary: https://estsmeeting.com.

This time, Journal of Thoracic Disease (JTD) as well as its sister journals and books published by AME Publishing Company will be on display during this exciting academic event! We would like to seize this great opportunity to meet our authors, editorial board members and readers.

Reviewer of the Month (2025)

In 2025, JTD reviewers continue to make outstanding contributions to the peer review process. They demonstrated professional effort and enthusiasm in their reviews and provided comments that genuinely help the authors to enhance their work.

Hereby, we would like to highlight some of our outstanding reviewers, with a brief interview of their thoughts and insights as a reviewer. Allow us to express our heartfelt gratitude for their tremendous effort and valuable contributions to the scientific process.

Interviews with Outstanding Authors (2025)

In 2025, many authors bring new findings, practical information on the diagnosis and treatment of conditions related to thoracic disease to our journal. Their articles published with us have received very well feedback in the field and stimulate a lot of discussions and new insights among the peers.

Hereby, we would like to highlight some of our outstanding authors who have been making immense efforts in their research fields, with a brief interview of their unique perspectives and insightful views as authors.

Join us at the 105th Annual Meeting of American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS)

The 105th Annual Meeting of American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) is going to be held at the Seattle Convention Center, Seattle, WA, USA from May 2 to 5, 2025: https://events.aats.org/am25.

As the world's most prestigious thoracic surgery event, the annual meeting of AATS helps grow one’s expertise, network with leading experts, and build the future of thoracic surgery.

This year Journal of Thoracic Disease (JTD) as well as its sister journals and books published by AME Publishing Company will be on display during this exciting academic event! We would like to seize this great opportunity to meet our authors, editorial board members and readers.

JTD Annual Report 2024

We are glad to present the 2024 Annual Report of JTD here. Celebrating its new impact factor of 2.1, JTD continues to publish cutting-edge research covering the whole spectrum of thoracic disease.

Interviews with Editorial Board Members

JTD features a distinguished editorial board, the members of which continue to instill the power of their expertise for the journal’s development. By launching this column, we are glad to introduce to you some of them in the form of interviews, in which they will share their unique career experiences and perspectives. We believe their insights will shed light on the knowledge of related fields.

Interviews with Guest Editors

Over the years, a number of JTD guest editors have made valuable contributions to the journal. This column features interviews with our guest editors, who graciously share their experience in scientific careers and provide insightful perspectives on the special series.

Citation of JTD article in the prestigious AHA/ACC guidelines

We are glad to share with you a good news that the article titled “Early cardiology assessment and intervention reduces mortality following myocardial injury after non-cardiac surgery (MINS)” authored by Hua A, Pattenden H, Leung M, et al. has been cited as best practice in the very prestigious and authoritative AHA/ACC 2024 guidelines for perioperative management for non-cardiac surgery.

New Impact Factor for Journal of Thoracic Disease: 2.1

We are pleased to announce that the Journal of Thoracic Disease (JTD) has attained its latest impact factor update for the 2023 citation year: 2.1.

Here, we would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to all our Editorial Team Members, Guest Editors, authors, and reviewers for their valuable contributions.

Journal of Thoracic Disease 2023 CiteScore Released: 4.6

We are pleased to announce that the Journal of Thoracic Disease (JTD) has received its 2023 CiteScore: 4.6, ranking 61 out of 155 journals in the Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine category.

Furthermore, we are delighted to highlight the remarkable achievements made by all AME journals in the CiteScore ranking.

Testimonials for JTD from Eminent Experts Worldwide

Eminent Experts Worldwide, including editorial board members, authors, and readers, who know the journal well, provided testimonials for JTD. We are thankful for their support for the journal.

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Age modification of ozone associations with cardiovascular disease risk in adults: a potential role for soluble P-selectin and blood pressure

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Assessment of a respiratory face mask for capturing air pollutants and pathogens including human influenza and rhinoviruses

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Relationship between free and total malondialdehyde, a well-established marker of oxidative stress, in various types of human biospecimens

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The nationwide program of allergic disease prevention as an implementation of GARD guidelines in Poland

Filip Raciborski, Bolesław Samoliński, Edyta Krzych-Fałta, Aleksandra Grąbczewska, Filip Furman, Mic... More >>

A strategy for measuring health outcomes and evaluating impacts of interventions on asthma and COPD—common chronic respiratory diseases in Global Alliance against Chronic Respiratory Diseases (GARD) countries

Teresa To, Alvaro A. Cruz, Giovanni Viegi, Rachel McGihon, Nikolai Khaltaev, Arzu Yorgancioglu, Paul... More >>

Integrating primary care of chronic respiratory disease, cardiovascular disease and diabetes in Brazil: Practical Approach to Care Kit (PACK Brazil): study protocol for randomised controlled trials

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Cough Section more

Clinical Practice Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management of Cough—Chinese Thoracic Society (CTS) Asthma Consortium

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Methodology for development of the Chinese evidence-based Clinical Practice Guideline of the Diagnosis and Management of Cough

Mei Jiang, Yan-Qing Xie, Jia-Xing Xie, Xiang-Wei Zou, Ke-Fang Lai More >>

Cough frequency monitors: can they discriminate patient from environmental coughs?

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Endorsement

Journal of Thoracic Disease is endorsed by: The International COPD Coalition

The Brazilian Society of Thoracic Surgery (SBCT)

The Italian Society of Thoracic Surgery (SICT)

The Italian VATS Group

The Global Alliance against Chronic Respiratory Diseases (GARD)

The Hong Kong Society of Endosonography

Editorial Commentary

The APPLE’s core question—upfront osimertinib versus the sequential approach for EGFR mutated non-small cell lung cancer

Joe Q. Wei, Alexander Yuile, Aaron C. Tan

PDF Pages: 524-527 Full Text (386) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Neoadjuvant dual immuno-combination therapy with anti-LAG3 and anti-PD-1 antibodies is feasible and safe for resectable non-small cell lung cancer

Naoki Furuya, Takahiro Homma, Hisashi Saji

PDF Pages: 528-530 Full Text (299) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Electronic patient-reported outcome-based symptom management, a new era in surgical patient management

Borja Aguinagalde, Iker Lopez, Jon Ander Lizarbe

PDF Pages: 531-534 Full Text (200) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

No down-side to starting durvalumab immediately after chemoradiation for unresectable stage III non-small cell lung cancer—some answers but more questions

Oliver S. Chow, Nasser K. Altorki

PDF Pages: 535-537 Full Text (217) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Laparoscopic or open abdominal surgery with thoracotomy: future directions from the ROMIO trial in esophageal cancer

Hiroyuki Kitagawa, Satoru Seo

PDF Pages: 538-541 Full Text (205) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Original Article

Risk factors affecting pulmonary complications in elderly patients with isolated rib fractures

Rui Cheng, Minghui Yang, Ying Zhang, William C. Cho, Dehua Ma, Dong Chen, Yanan Zhu, Jianfei Shen

PDF Pages: 542-550 Full Text (404) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Efficacy and safety of cone-beam computed tomography-guided bronchoscopy for peripheral pulmonary lesions: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Ziling Li, Shuyun Xu, Yong Zhang, Jing Shi

PDF Pages: 551-563 Full Text (266) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Association of sarcopenia with basic activities of daily living and dyspnea-related limitations in patients with interstitial lung disease

Tomoyo Taketa, Yuki Uchiyama, Kazuhisa Domen

PDF Pages: 564-575 Full Text (312) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

COVID-19 caused by the Omicron variant in lung transplant recipients: a single center case series

Li Zhao, Lijuan Guo, Bin Xing, Yi Zhang, Mengyin Chen, Wenhui Chen

PDF Pages: 576-592 Full Text (289) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Reintervention after percutaneous mitral balloon commissurotomy in patients with rheumatic heart disease: feasibility of surgical mitral valve repair

Xin Li, Yinfan Zhu, Jiajun Liang, Wenjian Jiang, Jie Han, Yuyong Liu, Hongjia Zhang

PDF Pages: 593-602 Full Text (Video) (203) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Inter-multisegmental veins (IMSVs): a new positional indication for pulmonary segmentectomy

Chengyu Bian, Chenghao Fu, Yuheng Wang, Jingjing Huang, Mei Yuan, Liang Chen, Qianyun Wang, Jun Wang

PDF Pages: 603-613 Full Text (226) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Diagnostic utility of endobronchial ultrasound elastography for detecting benign and malignant lymph nodes: a retrospective study

Xinyu Zhou, Yaqing Li

PDF Pages: 614-622 Full Text (243) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Novel therapeutic strategy: Nrf2 activation in targeting senescence-related changes in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Fenhua Jin, Hui Lin, Shufang Pan

PDF Pages: 623-640 Full Text (282) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Safety and outcomes of bronchoscopic lung volume reduction with endobronchial valves under moderate sedation

Jean L. Reinoso, Haneen Mallah, Selina Sutchu, Michael DiRico, Pankit Patel, Karthik Vijayan, Hiren J. Mehta

PDF Pages: 641-649 Full Text (259) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Perioperative safety of simultaneous pulmonary resection and off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: a retrospective analysis from a single institution

Feng Chen, Shaobo Gao, Wenchao Xia, Meng Wang, Wei Zhang, Yijun Xu

PDF Pages: 650-660 Full Text (199) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Comparison of the diagnostic accuracy between ¹⁸F-FAPI-04 PET/CT and ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT in the clinical stage IA of lung adenocarcinoma

Han-Xiang Liang, Qi-Wen Huang, Yue-Mei He, Yuan-Qi Mai, Zhe-Lin Chen, Bao-Ping Wang, Ning Fang, Jian-Feng Hu, Xie Li, Ning Zhang, En-Tao Liu, Xin-Chun Li

PDF Pages: 661-675 Full Text (247) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Comparative analysis of perioperative renal function in patients undergoing heart transplantation and left ventricular assist device implantation: a multicenter retrospective study

Mingxiu Wen, Shuanglei Zhao, Hong Wang, Qiang Lv, Tong Liu, Jie Han, Hongjia Zhang, Zhenwei Ge, Yong Cui, Aiqiang Dong, Fengwei Guo, Ming Gong

PDF Pages: 676-686 Full Text (210) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Efficacy and safety of pleurodesis for lung cancer patients with interstitial lung disease

Hirokazu Iso, Akihiko Miyanaga, Yozo Sato, Yukari Shirakura, Kaoruko Shinbu, Tomoyasu Inoue, Atsuhiro Nagano, Kazuhito Misawa, Takehiro Tozuka, Akari Murata, Katsuyuki Higa, Susumu Takeuchi, Masaru Matsumoto, Koichiro Kamio, Kazuo Kasahara, Masahiro Seike

PDF Pages: 687-694 Full Text (337) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Identifying lung cancer in Emergency Department patients outside national lung cancer screening guidelines

Hao Wang, Radhika Cheeti, Miles Murray, Timothy A. Muirheid, Jasmine McDowell, Usha Sambamoorthi

PDF Pages: 695-706 Full Text (213) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Translocated anterior mitral leaflet sparing is a viable treatment option for both degenerative and functional mitral valve disease

Francesco Nappi, Antonio Salsano, Ibrahim Abdou, Ivancarmine Gambardella, Sanjeet Singh Avtaar Singh, Almothana Alzamil, Victoire Bonnet, Thibaut Schoell, Nicolas Bonnet

PDF Pages: 707-723 Full Text (190) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Global research trends on chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: a bibliometric analysis (January 2000–January 2024)

Ye Lu, Yicheng Yang, Yinghui Fu, Changming Xiong, Fajiu Li, Xiaoming Zhou

PDF Pages: 724-743 Full Text (353) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

COVID-19 infection and pulmonary sarcoidosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of morbidity, severity and mortality

Sue In Choi, Won Jai Jung, Yujin Jeong, Sanghoon Park, Byung-Keun Kim, Sang Yeub Lee, Hyonggin An, Eun Joo Lee

PDF Pages: 744-752 Full Text (278) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Club cell secretory protein 16 promotes cell proliferation and inhibits inflammation and pyroptosis in response to particulate matter 2.5-induced epithelial damage in asthmatic mice

Jinle Lin, Xiaowen Chen, Yuehua Chen, Xiaobing Zeng, Fang Wang, Shaohua Luo, Lei Jiang, Wenxue Hu, Xiaolong Liu, Jing Zhang, Jian Wu

PDF Pages: 753-773 Full Text (269) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Impact of spontaneous ventilation with intubation on perioperative results in uniportal VATS lobectomy compared to general anaesthesia using a double-lumen tube

József Furák, Péter Zsoldos, Judit Lantos, Júlia Lantos, Ferenc Rárosi, Evelin Szűcs, Csongor Fabó, Gabriella Kecskés

PDF Pages: 774-783 Full Text (209) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Recommended optimal range for the count of examined lymph nodes and lymph node ratio for postoperative adjuvant radiotherapy in patients with pN2 non-small cell lung cancer: a multicenter retrospective cohort investigation

Qiming Huang, Xiang Weng, Yiliang Hu, Zhenjie Li, Longren Wu, Zijian Hu, Dongliang Yu, Linmin Xiong

PDF Pages: 784-795 Full Text (220) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Emerging trends and hotspots in animal experimental research on lung transplantation from 2004 to 2023: a bibliometric analysis

Chen Xie, Mingyi Piao, Liwang Zhou, Xinchen Tao, Yuanyuan Yao, Baochun Jiang, Xinqiang Wang, Min Yan

PDF Pages: 796-815 Full Text (304) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Accuracy of lung structure constructed by three-dimensional image analysis with non-enhanced computed tomography

Osamu Noritake, Shoji Okado, Yuka Kadomatsu, Harushi Ueno, Taketo Kato, Shota Nakamura, Tetsuya Mizuno, Toyofumi Fengshi Chen-Yoshikawa

PDF Pages: 816-823 Full Text (165) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Machine learning for predicting the prognosis of patients with thymoma and thymic carcinoma

Haijie Xu, Xirui Lin, Junhan Wu, Jianrong Chen, Jiaying Wu, Zheng Lin, Xiaoming Cai, Jiong Lin, Peishen Li, Chaoquan He, Zefeng Xie, Hansheng Wu

PDF Pages: 824-835 Full Text (251) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Efficacy and safety of integrating consolidative thoracic radiotherapy with immunochemotherapy in extensive-stage small cell lung cancer: a real-world retrospective analysis

Qi Zhang, Qian Wang, Mengsen Wang, Xiaomeng Liu, Dan Han, Hongfu Sun, Chengwei Zhao, Chengxin Liu

PDF Pages: 836-848 Full Text (261) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Mechanical stress in a solid ellipsoid model of the lung after thoracoscopic surgery for spontaneous pneumothorax

Byungho Lee, Chan Beom Park, Anna Lee

PDF Pages: 849-858 Full Text (162) Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Comparison of camrelizumab, pembrolizumab, tislelizumab, and sintilimab as first-line treatment in patients with non-small cell lung cancer: a retrospective study

Xiaoqi Yan, Yizong Wang, Fei Wu, Guoren Zhou, Jiannan Shen, Shaorong Yu

PDF Pages: 859-871 Full Text (460) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Burden of silicosis based on the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021: trend analysis of incidence, mortality, and disability-adjusted life years, and projections for the next 30 years

Xinxin Zhang, Luna Zhao, Maolang He, Xin Huang, Dong Liu

PDF Pages: 872-886 Full Text (371) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Imaging findings of multislice computed tomography in 21 patients with airway invasive pulmonary aspergillosis

Xiaoqiong Ni, Rui Yu, Jinpeng Hou, Yang Ya, Guohua Fan, Zhengrong Chen

PDF Pages: 887-897 Full Text (188) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Prediction of ipsilateral and contralateral pneumothorax using a simple chest X-ray

Kwanyong Hyun, Jae Jun Kim, Kyong Shil Im, Yoon Ho Kim, Jeong Hwan Ryu

PDF Pages: 898-907 Full Text (228) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Diaphragm excursion difference as an adjunct predictor marker of postoperative pulmonary complications in video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: a prospective, observational study

Ruixue Yuan, Wanling Xiong, Wei Ran, Ning Liang, Jie Tang, Lin Cheng, Xia Yin, Jin Gao

PDF Pages: 908-920 Full Text (233) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Psoas muscle index as a novel measure of frailty and predictor of post-operative outcome in octogenarians with non-small cell lung cancer

Hiral Jhala, Mathew Thomas, Leanne Ashrafian

PDF Pages: 921-931 Full Text (301) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Impact of chest tube type on pain, drainage efficacy, and short-term treatment outcome following video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy: a randomized controlled trial comparing coaxial silicone drains and standard polyvinyl chloride drains

Boris Greif, Janez Žgajnar, Tomaž Štupnik

PDF Pages: 932-943 Full Text (256) Reporting Checklist Trial Protocol Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Analysis of lymph node metastasis based on consolidation tumor ratio and maximum standardized uptake value in clinical stage IA non-small cell lung cancer

In Ha Kim, Yooyoung Chong, Jae Kwang Yun, Sehoon Choi, Hyeong Ryul Kim, Yong-Hee Kim, Dong Kwan Kim, Seung-Il Park, Geun Dong Lee

PDF Pages: 944-958 Full Text (252) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

End-to-side anastomosis and autologous pulmonary artery patch for aortic coarctation and hypoplastic aortic arch

Zhenjiang Zhao, Chun Wu, Jiangtao Dai, Siwei Lu, Ling He, Jie Tian, Xin Jin, Zhengxia Pan

PDF Pages: 959-968 Full Text (198) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Comprehensive analysis of imaging and pathological features in 20 cases of pulmonary mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma: a retrospective study

Ruifen Zhao, Yan Dong, Jiejun Kong

PDF Pages: 969-978 Full Text (196) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Thoracic autonomic nervous system surgery current application—a survey among members of the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Federico Raveglia, Marialuisa Lugaresi, Jozsef Furak, Hasan Fevzi Batirel, Servet Bolukbas, Pierre Emmanuel Falcoz, Apostolos C. Agrafiotis, Clemens Aigner, Lieven Depypere, Joao Santos Silva, Nuria Maria Novoa, Niccolò Daddi

PDF Pages: 979-990 Full Text (267) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Presepsin, procalcitonin, interleukin-6, and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein for predicting bacterial DNAaemia among patients with sepsis

Yan Zhou, Di Ren, Yanhong Chen, Sha Wen, Yiwen Zhang, Fei Song, Mei Yang, Michael Eisenhut, James O’Rourke, Ying Li, Shuiqing Gui

PDF Pages: 991-1001 Full Text (271) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Survival advantage of radiotherapy and nomogram for patients with pulmonary neuroendocrine neoplasms: a propensity score-matched Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database study

Jingtao Tong, Kaitai Liu, Guodong Xu, Wei Shen, Robert A. Ramirez, Qinning Wang, Hang Chen, Lu Zheng, Quan Xu, Hui Zhang

PDF Pages: 1002-1012 Full Text (247) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Development a predictive nomogram for spontaneous pleurodesis in patients with non-small cell lung cancer and malignant pleural effusion

Sihan Tan, Hao Zeng, Qin Huang, Xin Pu, Weimin Li, Jason M. Ali, Rahul Nayak, Milind Bhagat, Yalun Li, Panwen Tian

PDF Pages: 1013-1027 Full Text (278) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Two versus three to four cycles of neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy for stage IB–IIIB non-small cell lung cancer: a real-world study

Yuhong Yang, Hang Zhao, Jiacong Liu, Xuhua Huang, Jiayue Ye, Jinming Xu, Wang Lv, Linhai Zhu, Jian Hu

PDF Pages: 1028-1041 Full Text (237) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Partial pressure of oxygen control versus modified inflation-deflation method in identifying intersegmental plane during anatomical sublobectomy: a prospective, randomized, controlled trial

Mingliang Xing, Liping Tong, Hongtao Duan, Dennis Aliev, Xiaoping Dong, Yong Zhang, Huifeng Liu, Xiaolong Yan

PDF Pages: 1042-1053 Full Text (209) Reporting Checklist Trial Protocol Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Perioperative dynamic changes of systemic inflammatory response, gut injury, and hypoxemia in patients with acute type-A aortic dissection: an observational case-control study

Jianrong Li, Xiaolong Wang, Kai Zhu, Xiufeng Jin, Hongjia Zhang

PDF Pages: 1054-1063 Full Text (204) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Surgical Technique

Aneurysmal size reduction in the Kommerell diverticulum by stent graft-based therapy

Goki Inno, Yosuke Takahashi, Akimasa Morisaki, Kenta Nishiya, Takumi Kawase, Yukihiro Nishimoto, Kazuki Noda, Munehide Nagao, Ryo Nangoya, Toshihiko Shibata

PDF Pages: 1064-1072 Full Text (159) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

The subcutaneous tunneled periareolar approach in lung resection performed through uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery

Dong Tian, Jun-Jie Wang, Kai-Yuan Jiang, Jie Li, Lei Wang, Hong-Tao Tang, Long-Qi Chen

PDF Pages: 1073-1079 Full Text (Video) (227) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Review Article

Assessments and exercises of cough strength in critically ill patients: a literature review

Shi-Min Zhang, Yaxiaerjiang Muhetaer, Kai Liu

PDF Pages: 1080-1102 Full Text (297) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Editorial

DeepSeek: the “Watson” to doctors—from assistance to collaboration

Wenhua Liang, Peiling Chen, Xusen Zou, Xu Lu, Shaopeng Liu, Jing Yang, Zheng Li, Wen Zhong, Kang Zhang, Yaoming Liang, Jianxing He, Nanshan Zhong

PDF Pages: 1103-1105 Full Text (415) COI Form Open Access

The rise of DeepSeek: technology calls for the “catfish effect”

Jinlin Wu

PDF Pages: 1106-1108 Full Text (272) COI Form Open Access

Every cloud has a silver lining: DeepSeek’s light through acute respiratory distress syndrome shadows

Xinhao Jin, Jing Zhang, Jie Yang, Suibi Yang, Dong Xue, Zhongheng Zhang

PDF Pages: 1109-1113 Full Text (360) COI Form Open Access

DeepSeek’s impact on thoracic surgeons’ work patterns—past, present and future

Yutao Chen, Jianfei Shen, Dehua Ma

PDF Pages: 1114-1117 Full Text (442) COI Form Open Access

Letter to the Editor

New classification and precise prevention strategies for donor lung injury in lung transplantation

Jianxing He, Xin Xu, Chao Yang, Guilin Peng, Jiang Shi, Chunrong Ju, Hui Liu, Lan Lan, Xiaoyou Liu, Ling Sang, Xuesong Liu, Lulin Wang, Hengrui Liang, Danxia Huang, Nanshan Zhong

PDF Pages: 1118-1121 Full Text (253) Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Erratum

Erratum: KLRB1 expression is associated with lung adenocarcinoma prognosis and immune infiltration and regulates lung adenocarcinoma cell proliferation and metastasis through the MAPK/ERK pathway

Editorial Office

PDF Pages: 1122-1125 Full Text (135) Open Access

Review Article

Management of incidental lung nodules <8 mm in diameter

Marcelo Sánchez, Mariana Benegas, Ivan Vollmer

Published online: 22 August 2018

PDF Pages: S2611-S2627 Full Text (113369) Open Access

Original Article

Modified SEIR and AI prediction of the epidemics trend of COVID-19 in China under public health interventions

Zifeng Yang, Zhiqi Zeng, Ke Wang, Sook-San Wong, Wenhua Liang, Mark Zanin, Peng Liu, Xudong Cao, Zhongqiang Gao, Zhitong Mai, Jingyi Liang, Xiaoqing Liu, Shiyue Li, Yimin Li, Feng Ye, Weijie Guan, Yifan Yang, Fei Li, Shengmei Luo, Yuqi Xie, Bin Liu, Zhoulang Wang, Shaobo Zhang, Yaonan Wang, Nanshan Zhong, Jianxing He

Published online: 23 March 2020

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Guideline of Cough Section

Clinical Practice Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management of Cough—Chinese Thoracic Society (CTS) Asthma Consortium

Kefang Lai, Huahao Shen, Xin Zhou, Zhongmin Qiu, Shaoxi Cai, Kewu Huang, Qiuping Wang, Changzheng Wang, Jiangtao Lin, Chuangli Hao, Lingfei Kong, Shunan Zhang, Yaolong Chen, Wei Luo, Mei Jiang, Jiaxing Xie, Nanshan Zhong

Published online: 28 November 2018

PDF Pages: 6314-6351 Full Text (68827) Open Access

Review Article

Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) in lung cancer: an overview and update

Gillian Bethune, Drew Bethune, Neale Ridgway, Zhaolin Xu

Published online: 11 March 2010

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Review Article

Approach to chronic cough: the neuropathic basis for cough hypersensitivity syndrome

Kian Fan Chung

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Review Article

Role of cannabis in cardiovascular disorders

Hemant Goyal, Hamza H. Awad, Jalal K. Ghali

Published online: 31 July 2017

PDF Pages: 2079-2092 Full Text (59447) Open Access

Editorial

Classification of drugs to treat multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB): evidence and perspectives

Adrian Rendon, Simon Tiberi, Anna Scardigli, Lia D’Ambrosio, Rosella Centis, Jose A. Caminero, Giovanni Battista Migliori

Published online: 01 October 2016

PDF Pages: 2666-2671 Full Text (56645) Open Access

Review Article

Revisiting signs, strengths and weaknesses of Standard Chest Radiography in patients of Acute Dyspnea in the Emergency Department

Luciano Cardinale, Giovanni Volpicelli, Alessandro Lamorte, Jessica Martino, Andrea veltri

Published online: 21 August 2012

Full Text (56019) PDF Pages: 398-407 Open Access

Review Article

Lung transplant in end-staged chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients: a concise review

Fahad Aziz, Sudheer Penupolu, Xin Xu, Jianxing He

Published online: 11 June 2010

PDF Pages: 111-116 Full Text (54582) Open Access

Review Article

A review of current and novel therapies for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Rokhsara Rafii, Maya M. Juarez, Timothy E. Albertson, Andrew L. Chan

Published online: 02 February 2013

PDF Pages: 48-73 Full Text (54241) Open Access

Review Article on Pollutional Haze

The impact of PM2.5 on the human respiratory system

Yu-Fei Xing, Yue-Hua Xu, Min-Hua Shi, Yi-Xin Lian

Published online: 30 January 2016

PDF Pages: E69-E74 Full Text (53781) Open Access

Editorial

SIRS, qSOFA and new sepsis definition

Paul E. Marik, Abdalsamih M. Taeb

Published online: 25 April 2017

PDF Pages: 943-945 Full Text (51841) Open Access

Original Article

D-dimer value in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism—may it exclude only?

Magdalena Sikora-Skrabaka, Damian Skrabaka, Paolo Ruggeri, Gaetano Caramori, Szymon Skoczyński, Adam Barczyk

Published online: 29 March 2019

PDF Pages: 664-672 Full Text (50828) Open Access

Review Article

Pleural infection-current diagnosis and management

Andrew Rosenstengel, YC Gary Lee

Published online: 30 April 2012

PDF Pages: 186-193 Full Text (50803) Open Access

Review Article

Sleep disorder in patients with chronic liver disease: a narrative review

Neeraj Mukesh Shah, Akanksha Mimi Malhotra, Georgios Kaltsakas

Published online: 15 October 2020

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Practical Biostatistics

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Superior sulcus (Pancoast) tumors: current evidence on diagnosis and radical treatment

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Published online: 30 September 2013

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Statistic Corner

Longitudinal studies

Edward Joseph Caruana, Marius Roman, Jules Hernández-Sánchez, Piergiorgio Solli

Published online: 28 November 2015

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Esophageal cancer: staging system and guidelines for staging and treatment

Mark F. Berry

Published online: 27 May 2014

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Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio as a prognostic marker in acute respiratory distress syndrome patients: a retrospective study

Ying Wang, Mohan Ju, Cuicui Chen, Dong Yang, Dongni Hou, Xinjun Tang, Xiaodan Zhu, Donghui Zhang, Lilin Wang, Shimeng Ji, Jinjun Jiang, Yuanlin Song

Published online: 31 January 2018

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Suppressive oligonucleotides inhibit inflammation in a murine model of mechanical ventilator induced lung injury

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A pooled analysis of advanced nonsquamous non-small cell lung cancer patients with stable treated brain metastases in two phase II trials receiving bevacizumab and pemetrexed as second-line therapy

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Pleurodesis: a comparison of two sclerosing agents for pleural effusions in Mozambique

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Robert Laumbach, Qingyu Meng, Howard Kipen

The role of rotors in atrial fibrillation

David E. Krummen, Vijay Swarup, Sanjiv M. Narayan

Current outcomes of off-pump versus on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: evidence from randomized controlled trials

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Staging lymph node metastases from lung cancer in the mediastinum

Mario D. Terán, Malcolm V. Brock

Improving radiotherapy planning, delivery accuracy, and normal tissue sparing using cutting edge technologies

Carri K. Glide-Hurst, Indrin J. Chetty

Esophageal cancer: staging system and guidelines for staging and treatment

Mark F. Berry

Implementing the new IASLC/ATS/ERS classification of lung adenocarcinomas: results from international and Chinese cohorts

Ming-Ching Lee, Kyuichi Kadota, Daniel Buitrago, David R. Jones, Prasad S. Adusumilli

Premature menopause in young breast cancer: effects on quality of life and treatment interventions

Shoshana M. Rosenberg, Ann H. Partridge

Strategies for the acquisition of transcriptional and epigenetic information in single cells

Guang Li, Elda Dzilic, Nick Flores, Alice Shieh, Sean M. Wu

The role of transforming growth factor (TGF)-β in the infarcted myocardium

Nikolaos G. Frangogiannis

Utility of cardiac magnetic resonance for evaluation of mitral regurgitation prior to mitral valve surgery

Neil K. Mehta, Jiwon Kim, Jonathan Y. Siden, Sara Rodriguez-Diego, Javid Alakbarli, Antonino Di Franco, Jonathan W. Weinsaft

Adjuvant, neoadjuvant, and definitive radiation therapy for malignant pleural mesothelioma

Gwendolyn Cramer, Charles B. Simone II, Theresa M. Busch, Keith A. Cengel

Editorial

Conservatism strikes back: later is better than earlier dialysis for acute kidney injury

Dana Bielopolski, Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh

Sleep and critical illness: bridging the two pillars at the ATS 2016

Stuti J. Jaiswal, Atul Malhotra, Robert L. Owens

Temperature and duration targets during post-arrest care: choosing the right prescription for the right patient

John C. Greenwood, Abhishek Bhardwaj, Benjamin S. Abella

Examining the paradox of high high-density lipoprotein and elevated cardiovascular risk

Kavisha Singh, Anand Rohatgi

Mortality after red blood cell transfusions from previously pregnant donors: complexities in the interpretation of large data

Susan Kuldanek, Christopher C. Silliman

Optogenetic tools for cell biological applications

Abhirup Mukherjee, Nicole A. Repina, David V. Schaffer, Ravi S. Kane

Editorial on “Transcription factor SPZ1 promotes TWIST-mediated epithelial—mesenchymal transition and oncogenesis in human liver cancer”

Dan J. Raz

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The hemodynamic impact of acute nasal continuous positive airway pressure treatment in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: is it safe?

Bo Xu, Reena Mehra

Tumor spread through air space (STAS) is an important predictor of clinical outcome in stage IA lung adenocarcinoma

Hui-Zi Chen, Erin M. Bertino, Kai He

Antiviral prophylaxis of cytomegalovirus reactivation in immune competent patients—the jury remains out

Sara A. Mansfield, Charles H. Cook

Allosterically targeting EGFR drug-resistance gatekeeper mutations

Nicholas Spellmon, Chunying Li, Zhe Yang

Imaging homeostatic sleep pressure and circadian rhythm in the human brain

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Tumor mutational burden (TMB) as a biomarker of response to immunotherapy in small cell lung cancer

Yanis Boumber

Letter to the Editor

Response to “VATS vs. thoracotomy regarding postoperative chronic pain”

Emine Ozgur Bayman, Kalpaj R. Parekh, John Keech, Timothy J. Brennan

The role of a decision analysis in treatment of T2N0 esophageal cancer

Tara R. Semenkovich, Bryan F. Meyers, Benjamin D. Kozower, Varun Puri

Case Report

Intraoperative near-infrared imaging can identify subcentimeter colorectal cancer lung metastases during pulmonary metastasectomy

Andrew D. Newton, Jarrod D. Predina, Lydia G. Frenzel-Sulyok, Michael H. Shin, Yiqing Wang, Sunil Singhal

A novel strategy for cardiopulmonary support during lung transplantation

Ramiro Fernandez, Malcolm M. DeCamp, Ankit Bharat

Short Communication

Predictive value of pulmonary function measures for short-term outcomes following lung resection: analysis of a single high-volume institution

Lauren J. Taylor, Walker A. Julliard, James D. Maloney

Review Article on Left Ventricular Assist Devices

Left ventricular assist device driveline infections: recent advances and future goals

Anne-Marie Leuck

Short Communication of Interventional Pulmonology Corner

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Kassem Harris, Emily Oakley, David Bellnier, Gal Shafirstein

Commentary

Insights into ascending aortic aneurysm pathogenesis using in vivo and ex vivo imaging systems in angiotensin II-infused mice

Mary B. Sheppard, Alan Daugherty, Hong Lu

Management of screening-detected stage I lung cancer

Raymond U. Osarogiagbon

New strategies in esophageal carcinoma: promises and problems

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