Vol 6, No 12 (December 31, 2014): Journal of Thoracic Disease

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Editorial Team
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
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Editorial

The next challenge for VATS lobectomy surgeons
Antonio E. Martin-Ucar
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Spontaneous esophageal rupture as the underlying cause of pneumothorax: early recognition is crucial
George Garas, Paul Zarogoulidis, Alkiviadis Efthymiou, Thanos Athanasiou, Kosmas Tsakiridis, Sofia Mpaka, Emmanouil Zacharakis
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
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:1655-1658
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Big data and clinical research: perspective from a clinician
Zhongheng Zhang
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
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:1659-1664
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Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration: a maturing technique
Jianjun Zhang, Yangang Ren
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
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:1665-1667
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Original Article

The lung cancer epidemic in Spanish women: an analysis of mortality rates over a 37-year period
Jose Luis López-Campos, Miguel Ruiz-Ramos, Carmen Calero
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
6
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:1668-1673
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Treatment of giant emphysamous bulla with endobronchial valves in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a case series
Qing Tian, Yang An, Bin-Bin Xiao, Liang-An Chen
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
6
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:1674-1680
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Effect of a neutrophil elastase inhibitor on ventilator-induced lung injury in rats
Do-Hyung Kim, Jae Ho Chung, Bong Soo Son, Yeon Ji Kim, Sang Gwon Lee
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
6
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:1681-1689
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Cost and effectiveness of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for clinical stage I non-small cell lung cancer: a population-based analysis
Hsin-Yuan Fang, Fei-Yuan Hsiao, Hsu-Chih Huang, Yu-Sen Lin, Chih-Yi Chen, Shwn-Huey Shieh, Pin-Ru Chen, Chein-Kuang Chen, Chun-Ru Chien
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
6
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:1690-1696
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Predictive risk factors for lymph node metastasis in patients with small size non-small cell lung cancer
Feichao Bao, Ping Yuan, Xiaoshuai Yuan, Xiayi Lv, Zhitian Wang, Jian Hu
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
6
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:1697-1703
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The protective effects of glutamine in a rat model of ventilator-induced lung injury
Chin-Ming Chen, Kuo-Chen Cheng, Chien-Feng Li, Haibo Zhang
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
6
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:1704-1713
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Lung cancer staging: the value of PET depends on the clinical setting
Frank C. Detterbeck, Santiago Figueroa Almanzar
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
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:1714-1723
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Five-year epidemiological survey of valvular heart disease: changes in morbidity, etiological spectrum and management in a cardiovascular center of Southern China
Fang-Zhou Liu, Yu-Mei Xue, Hong-Tao Liao, Xian-Zhang Zhan, Hui-Ming Guo, Huan-Lei Huang, Xian-Hong Fang, Wei Wei, Fang Rao, Hai Deng, Yang Liu, Wei-Dong Lin, Shu-Lin Wu
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
6
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:1724-1730
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Rapid pleurodesis is an outpatient alternative in patients with malignant pleural effusions: a prospective randomized controlled trial
Serkan Özkul, Akif Turna, Ahmet Demirkaya, Burcu Aksoy, Kamil Kaynak
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
6
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:1731-1735
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Overnight fluid shifts in subjects with and without obstructive sleep apnea
Ning Ding, Wei Lin, Xi-Long Zhang, Wen-Xiao Ding, Bing Gu, Bu-Qing Ni, Wei Zhang, Shi-Jiang Zhang, Hong Wang
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
6
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:1736-1741
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The changes of vaccinia related kinase 1 in grafted heart after rat heart transplantation
Shiguo Qian, Xuechao Yang, Kunpeng Wu, Qiangsheng Lv, Yuanyuan Zhang, Jiahong Dai, Cheng Chen, Jiahai Shi
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
6
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:1742-1750
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Uniportal video assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy: primary experience from an Eastern center
Mingxiang Feng, Yaxing Shen, Hao Wang, Lijie Tan, Xuping Mao, Yi Liu, Qun Wang
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
6
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:1751-1756
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Differences in the clinical and radiological characteristics of lunginvolved toxocariasis between toxocariasis with eosinophilia and those without eosinophilia
Bo Mi Park, Sang Ok Jeong, Hee Sun Park, Sung Soo Jung, Sun Young Kim, Ju Ock Kim, Jeong Eun Lee
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
6
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:1757-1764
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Antihypertensive therapy with nicardipine for patients with aortic disease is associated with more esmolol usage than urapidil
Kang-Song Wu, Jian-Cang Zhou, Hang-Yang Li, Dan-Yan Gu, Kong-Han Pan, Wei-Dong Li, Ying-Hong Hu
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
6
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:1765-1771
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In vitro study of coronary flow occlusion in transcatheter aortic valve implantation
Zheng-Fu He, Wei-Ming Zhang, George Lutter, Rene Quaden, Jochen Cremer, Xiu-Jun Cai
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
6
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:1772-1777
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Adrenergic regulation of the rapid component of delayed rectifier K+ currents in guinea pig cardiomyocytes
Sen Wang, Xiao-Yan Min, Si-Si Pang, Jin Qian, Di Xu, Yan Guo
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
6
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:1778-1784
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Epidemiological and viral genome characteristics of the first human H7N9 influenza infection in Guangdong Province, China
Zi-Feng Yang, Jian-Feng He, Xiao-Bo Li, Wen-Da Guan, Chang-Wen Ke, Shi-Guan Wu, Si-Hua Pan, Run-Feng Li, Min Kang, Jie Wu, Jin-Yan Lin, Guo-Yun Ding, Ji-Cheng Huang, Wei-Qi Pan, Rong Zhou, Yong-Ping Lin, Rong-Chang Chen, Yi-Min Li, Ling Chen, Wen-Long Xiao, Yong-Hui Zhang, Nan-Shan Zhong
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
6
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:1785-1793
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Sodium tanshinone IIA silate as an add-on therapy in patients with unstable angina pectoris
Haiyan Zhang, Mingzhi Long, Zhiwen Wu, Xu Han, Yichao Yu
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
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:1794-1799
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Lung protective effects of budesonide nebulization during perioperative period of thoracolumbar fusion
Wenjing Li, Yu Zhao, Zhijian Sun, Xu Yang, Lijuan Zhao, Jianxiong Shen
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
6
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:1800-1807
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Brief Report

Chemotherapy with paclitaxel plus carboplatin for relapsed advanced thymic carcinoma
Zhengbo Song
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
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:1808-1812
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Visualized Surgery

Video-assisted thoracoscopic left upper lobe sleeve lobectomy combined with pulmonary arterioplasty via two-port approach
Wenjie Jiao, Yandong Zhao, Xiaofei Wang, Jinpeng Zhao
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
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:1813-1815
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Total thoracoscopic combined lingulectomy and pericardial cystectomy
Yi Zhang, Yong Lin, Guoyi Shen, Guilong Li
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
6
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:1816-1818
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Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery right upper posterior segmentectomywith systemic mediastinal lymph node dissection
Lin Ma, Chengwu Liu, Lunxu Liu
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
6
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:1819-1821
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Video-assisted thoracoscopic left upper lobe apical trisegmentectomy with the Harmonic scalpel
Jun Peng, Xin-Long Chen, Xin Mao, Hui-Ping Wang, Jun Liu, Xian-Gu Ning
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
6
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:1822-1825
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Left lower sleeve lobectomy and systematic lymph node dissection by complete video-assisted thoracic surgery
Jun-Qiang Fan, Jie Yao, Zhi-Bo Chang, Qi Wang, Bai-Qin Zhao
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
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:1826-1830
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Video-assisted thoracic surgery right sleeve lobectomy
Fei Xiong, Sheng Wang, Jindan Kai
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
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:1831-1833
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Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic left basilar segmentectomy
Lei Jiang, Yi Bao, Ming Liu, Lei Lin, Lei Zhang, Gening Jiang
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
6
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:1834-1836
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Video-assisted thoracic surgery left S1+2+3 segmentectomy for lung cancer
Jinshi Liu, Weishan Lu, Xinming Zhou
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
6
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:1837-1839
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Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery right upper lobectomy with systematic lymphadenectomy in a semiprone position
Zongwu Lin, Songtao Xu, Qun Wang
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
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:1840-1842
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Unidirectionally progressive resection of left upper pulmonary lobe under video-assisted thoracoscopy
Kaican Cai, Hancheng Zhao, Hua Wu, Siyang Feng, Pengfei Ren, Ruijun Cai, Gang Xiong
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
6
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:1843-1847
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GCTAB Column1

Video-assisted thoracic surgery left upper lobectomy with systematic lymphadenectomy
Zongwu Lin, Songtao Xu, Junjie Zhao, Qun Wang
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
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:1848-1850
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Autogenous rib graft for reconstruction of sternal defects
Wenshan Li, Guofei Zhang, Chenyang Ye, Degang Yin, Gang Shen, Ying Chai
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
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:1851-1852
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VATS right upper lobectomy
Xinyu Mei, Tian Li, Mingran Xie, Dongchun Ma
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
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:1853-1854
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Thoracoscopic left upper lobectomy with systematic lymph nodes dissection under left pulmonary artery clamping
Yi-Nan Dong, Nan Sun, Yi Ren, Liang Zhang, Ji-Jia Li, Yong-Yu Liu
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
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:1855-1860
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Thoracoscopic resection of functional posterior mediastinal paraganglioma: a case report
Lin Ma, Jianong Mei, Lunxu Liu
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
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:1861-1864
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Optimization of lymph node dissection with VATS right upper lobectomy
Hui-Wen Miao, Zhou-Miao Chen
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
6
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:1865-1867
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Review Article

Nonintubated anesthesia for thoracic surgery
Bei Wang, Shengjin Ge
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
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:1868-1874
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Statistic Corner2

Basic statistics (the fundamental concepts)
Eric Lim
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
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:1875-1878
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A synopsis of resampling techniques
Alessandro Brunelli
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
6
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:1879-1882
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Meet the Professor

Professor I-wen Wang: better life supported through mechanical circulatory devices-a dream within reach
Grace S. Li
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
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:1883-1885
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Professor Mario Cazzola: prospect of the COPD medicine
Melanie C. He
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
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:1886-1887
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Opinion

Buyer beware: understanding the assumptions behind health economic assessments in personalized cancer care
D. Ross Camidge, Adam J. Atherly
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
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:1888-1891
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Case Report

Pyrexia in patients with uncontrolled systemic hypertension: could they have an aortic dissection?
Vasileios Patris, Jennifer Whiteley, Orestis Argiriou, Niki Lama, Haris Georgiou, Charalampos Constantinou, Mihalis Argiriou, Christos Charitos
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
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:E246-E248
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Primary synovial sarcoma of the lung: can haemothorax be the first manifestation?
Wen Ling Woo, Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos, Lasha Gvinianidze, Sadeer Fhadil, Elaine Borg, Mary Falzon, David Lawrence
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
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:E249-E251
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Palliative stent graft placement combined with subsequent open surgery for retrograde ascending dissection intra-thoracic endovascular aortic repair
Kai Zhu, Hao Lai, Changfa Guo, Jun Li, Chunsheng Wang
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
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:E252-E254
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Induced airway obstruction under extracorporeal membrane oxygenation during treatment of life-threatening massive hemoptysis due to severe blunt chest trauma
Jong Myung Park, Chang Wan Kim, Hyun Min Cho, Bong Soo Son, Do Hyung Kim
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
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:E255-E258
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Unexpectedly long intravenous and intracardiac extension of a small-sized pulmonary pleomorphic carcinoma
Aya Ishii, Tokuhiro Kimura, Koshiro Moritani, Dan Cui, Shinsuke Tanaka, Hiroo Kawano, Eiji Ikeda
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
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:E259-E263
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Beware of arteria lusoria during lymph node dissection of the right paratracheal fossa for lung cancer surgery
Daniel Pan, Maria Elena Cufari, Eric Lim
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
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:E264-E266
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Fatal interstitial lung disease associated with icotinib
Jiexia Zhang, Yangqing Zhan, Ming Ouyang, Yinyin Qin, Chengzhi Zhou, Rongchang Chen
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
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:E267-E271
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Primary malignant pericardial mesothelioma—a rare cause of superior vena cava thrombosis and constrictive pericarditis
Wenhui Gong, Xiaofeng Ye, Kaihu Shi, Qiang Zhao
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
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:E272-E275
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IgG4-related lung disease with atypical CT imaging: a case report
Jiaxuan Zhou, Xian Li, Qingsi Zeng
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
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:E276-E280
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Rare and persistent Rhodococcus equi infection in a diffuse large B cell lymphoma patient: case report and review of the literature
Junli Zhang, Jing Xu, Xiaoxing Du, Yunsong Yu, Fangfang Lv
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
6
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:E281-E288
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Good neurological recovery after rescue thrombolysis of presumed pulmonary embolism despite prior 100 minutes CPR
Jiang-Ping Wu, Dan-Yan Gu, Sheng Wang, Zhen-Jun Zhang, Jian-Cang Zhou, Rui-Feng Zhang
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
6
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:E289-E293
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The pure distal left main bronchial sleeve resection with total lung parenchymal preservation: report of two cases and literature review
Jian Tang, Min Cao, Liqiang Qian, Yujie Fu, Jun Tang, Xiaojing Zhao
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
6
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:E294-E298
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Letter to the Editor

Pleural fluid is surrogate for time
Pieter E. Postmus
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
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:E299-E300
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ICC COLUMN: The Voice of the Patient3

3-1-5 implementation for 2015
Lawrence Grouse
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
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:E301-E302
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News

Panhellenic Congress News: innovation in the academic world
Melanie C. He
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
6
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:E303-E306
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Between You and Me4

Keep calm in an emergency: an unexpected case with poisoning
Guang-Hui Liu
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
6
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:E307-E308
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Oxygen
Lawrence Grouse
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
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:E309-E311
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Erratum

CT signs, patterns and differential diagnosis of solitary fibrous tumors of the pleura: Erratum
Editorial Team
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2014;
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:E312
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Disclosure:

1. The series “GCTAB Column” was commissioned by the Editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease and funded by the educational grants from the Greater China Thoracoscopic Advisory Board (GCTAB).

2. The series “Statistics Corner” was commissioned by the Editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease without any sponsorship or funding. Luca Bertolaccini served as the unpaid Guest Editor for the series.

3. The series “ICC COLUMN: The Voice of the Patient” was commissioned by the Editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease without any sponsorship or funding. Lawrence Grouse served as the unpaid Guest Editor for the series.

4. The series “Between You and Me” was commissioned by the Editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease without any sponsorship or funding.