Vol 7, No 9 (September 26, 2015) - Journal of Thoracic Disease

Preface

Preface to focused issue on current challenges in transcatheter valve therapies

Sabine Bleiziffer

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Original Article on TAVI

Redo aortic valve surgery versus transcatheter valve-in-valve implantation for failing surgical bioprosthetic valves: consecutive patients in a single-center setting

Magdalena Erlebach, Michael Wottke, Marcus-André Deutsch, Markus Krane, Nicolo Piazza, Ruediger Lange, Sabine Bleiziffer

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Review Article on TAVI

Challenges in valve-in-valve therapy

Alia Noorani, Rahee Radia, Vinayak Bapat

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MitraClip—data analysis of contemporary literature

Florian Deuschl, Niklas Schofer, Edith Lubos, Johannes Schirmer, Lenard Conradi, Hendrik Treede, Hermann Reichenspurner, Stefan Blankenberg, Ulrich Schäfer

PDF Pages: 1509-1517 Full Text (5240) Open Access

Sedation or general anesthesia for transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI)

N. Patrick Mayr, Jonathan Michel, Sabine Bleiziffer, Peter Tassani, Klaus Martin

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Acute kidney injury after transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Maximilian Scherner, Thorsten Wahlers

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Current challenges in interventional mitral valve treatment

Maurizio Taramasso, Alessandro Candreva, Alberto Pozzoli, Andrea Guidotti, Oliver Gaemperli, Fabian Nietlispach, Jens Barthelmes, Maximilian Y. Emmert, Alberto Weber, Stefano Benussi, Ottavio Alfieri, Francesco Maisano

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Preferential short cut or alternative route: the transaxillary access for transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Niklas Schofer, Florian Deuschl, Lenard Conradi, Edith Lubos, Johannes Schirmer, Hermann Reichenspurner, Stefan Blankenberg, Hendrik Treede, Ulrich Schäfer

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Access and closure of the left ventricular apex: state of play

Johannes Amadeus Ziegelmueller, Rüdiger Lange, Sabine Bleiziffer

PDF Pages: 1548-1555 Full Text (4837) Open Access

Original Article

Detection of rearrangement of anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) and mutation of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) in primary pulmonary lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma

Liang Wang, Yongbin Lin, Qingqing Cai, Hao Long, Yu Zhang, Tiehua Rong, Guowei Ma, Ying Liang

PDF Pages: 1556-1562 Full Text (6876) Open Access

miR-132 inhibits lung cancer cell migration and invasion by targeting SOX4

Yang Li, Lingling Zu, Yuli Wang, Min Wang, Peirui Chen, Qinghua Zhou

PDF Pages: 1563-1569 Full Text (6244) Open Access

miR-1290 is a potential prognostic biomarker in non-small cell lung cancer

Dongping Mo, Bing Gu, Xue Gong, Lei Wu, Hong Wang, Ye Jiang, Bingfeng Zhang, Meijuan Zhang, Yan Zhang, Jian Xu, Shiyang Pan

PDF Pages: 1570-1579 Full Text (5439) Open Access

Computed tomography guided microcoil localization for pulmonary small nodules and ground-glass opacity prior to thoracoscopic resection

Xizhao Sui, Hui Zhao, Feng Yang, Ji-Lun Li, Jun Wang

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Correlation between epidermal growth factor receptor mutations and nuclear expression of female hormone receptors in non-small cell lung cancer: a meta-analysis

Qihua He, Mingzhe Zhang, Jianrong Zhang, Ying Chen, Jiaxi He, Jianfei Shen, Yang Liu, Shengyi Zhong, Long Jiang, Chenglin Yang, Yuan Zeng, Minzhang Guo, Xuewei Chen, Jianxing He, Wenhua Liang

PDF Pages: 1588-1594 Full Text (3386) Open Access

Surgical correction of 639 pectus excavatum cases via the Nuss procedure

Dong-Kun Zhang, Ji-Ming Tang, Xiao-Song Ben, Liang Xie, Hai-Yu Zhou, Xiong Ye, Zi-Hao Zhou, Rui-Qing Shi, Pu Xiao, Gang Chen

PDF Pages: 1595-1605 Full Text (14027) Open Access

Incremental value of contrast enhanced computed tomography on diagnostic accuracy in evaluation of small pulmonary ground glass nodules

Ming Li, Feng Gao, Jayender Jagadeesan, Ritu R. Gill, Yanqing Hua, Xiangpeng Zheng

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Clinical outcomes of surgery after induction treatment in patients with pathologically proven N2-positive stage III non-small cell lung cancer

Haitang Yang, Feng Yao, Yang Zhao, Heng Zhao

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Analysis of pulmonary function test results in a health check-up population

Guo Xu, Zhiheng Chen, Xia Cao, Yaqin Wang, Pingting Yang

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The BCL11A-XL expression predicts relapse in squamous cell carcinoma and large cell carcinoma

Na Zhang, Ben-Yuan Jiang, Xu-Chao Zhang, Zhi Xie, Jian Su, Qi Zhang, Jie-Fei Han, Hai-Yan Tu, Yi-Long Wu

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Simultaneous thoracoscopic resection for coexisting pulmonary and thymic lesions

Feng Lin, Zhilan Xiao, Jiandong Mei, Chengwu Liu, Qiang Pu, Lin Ma, Hu Liao, Chenglin Guo, Yunke Zhu, Yongsheng Zhao, Chuan Li, Jian Li, Lunxu Liu

PDF Pages: 1637-1642 Full Text (2837) Open Access

Cost and effectiveness of image-guided radiotherapy for non-operated localized lung cancer: a population-based propensity score-matched analysis

Te-Chun Hsia, Chih-Yen Tu, Hsin-Yuan Fang, Ji-An Liang, Chia-Chin Li, Chun-Ru Chien

PDF Pages: 1643-1649 Full Text (3788) Open Access

Prevalence survey of nosocomial infections in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China [2012-2014]

Wei-Ping Liu, Yong-Quan Tian, Yun-Ting Hai, Zhi-Nan Zheng, Qing-Ling Cao

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Surgical Technique

Subxiphoid uniportal thoracoscopic extended thymectomy

Liang Wu, Lei Lin, Ming Liu, Lei Jiang, Gening Jiang

PDF Pages: 1658-1660 Full Text (3274) Open Access

Brief Report

Chronic Klebsiella pneumonia: a rare manifestation of Klebsiella pneumonia

Viboon Boonsarngsuk, Poungrat Thungtitigul, Thitiporn Suwatanapongched

PDF Pages: 1661-1664 Full Text (11850) Open Access

A rare long-term survival of the life-threatening trio: silent myocardial infarction complicated by ventricular septal rupture, type 2 diabetes mellitus and chronic bronchitis

Md Abdur Rob Rayhan, Yong-Ming He, Xiang-Jun Yang, Bing-Yuan Zhou, Xin Zhao, Hai-Feng Xu, Xiao-Jiao Du, Yun-Xia Qian

PDF Pages: 1665-1668 Full Text (3719) Open Access

Review Article

Minimally invasive is the future of left ventricular assist device implantation

George Makdisi, I-Wen Wang

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Convex probe endobronchial ultrasound: applications beyond conventional indications

Peng Li, Wei Zheng, Li Zhao

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Clinical manifestations of sleep apnea

Robert C. Stansbury, Patrick J. Strollo

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Ultrasound techniques in the evaluation of the mediastinum, part I: endoscopic ultrasound (EUS), endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) and transcutaneous mediastinal ultrasound (TMUS), introduction into ultrasound techniques

Christoph Frank Dietrich, Jouke Tabe Annema, Paul Clementsen, Xin Wu Cui, Mathias Maximilian Borst, Christian Jenssen

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Editorial

Growth of pure ground-glass lung nodule detected at computed tomography

Takatoshi Aoki

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Editorial comment on: “Major morbidity after video-assisted thoracic surgery lung resections: a comparison between the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons definition and the Thoracic Morbidity and Mortality system” by Sandri A, et al.

Pierre-Emmanuel Falcoz

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Wave mice: a new tool in the quest to characterize aortic valvular disease etiologies

Ana M. Porras, Kristyn S. Masters

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Editorial on the article entitled “Surgical ablation of atrial fibrillation during mitral-valve surgery”

Joon Bum Kim, Jae Won Lee

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Lung cancer screening using low dose CT: screening population and positive results definition

Li Fan, Shi-Yuan Liu

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Where are we on (preventing) pneumothorax after (cone-beam) computed tomography-guided lung biopsy?

Myrthe M. Vestering, Sicco J. Braak

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The enigmatic esophageal anastomosis

Wayne L. Hofstetter

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Etomidate: to use or not to use for endotracheal intubation in the critically ill?

Nathan J. Smischney, Rahul Kashyap, Ognjen Gajic

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Is the rapid needle-out patient-rollover approach after CT-guided lung biopsy really effective for pneumothorax prevention?

Zafar Neyaz, Namita Mohindra

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The multidrug-resistant tuberculosis threat: old problems and new solutions

Giovanni Sotgiu, Lia D’Ambrosio, Rosella Centis, Ida Mura, Paolo Castiglia, Antonio Spanevello, Giovanni Battista Migliori

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Case Report

A case of multiple pleural cryptococcosis without pleural effusion

Toshiki Tanaka, Akihiro Takahagi, Hiroyuki Tao, Tatsuro Hayashi, Koichi Yoshiyama, Masashi Furukawa, Kumiko Yoshida, Tomoyuki Murakami, Kazunori Okabe

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Dynamic obstruction induced by systolic anterior motion of the mitral valve in a volume-depleted left ventricle: an unexpected cause of acute heart failure in a patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Suji Kim, So Jeong Kim, Jina Kim, Phillhoon Yoon, Jeongwoong Park, Jeonggeun Moon

PDF Pages: E365-E369 Full Text (4123) Open Access

Pleural dissemination of a mixed ground-glass opacity nodule treated as a nontuberculous mycobacterial infection for 6 years without growing remarkably

Shuichi Shinohara, Kouji Kuroda, Hidehiko Shimokawa, Taiji Kuwata, Masaru Takenaka, Yasuhiro Chikaishi, Souichi Oka, Ayako Hirai, Naoko Imanishi, Hidetaka Uramoto, Fumihiro Tanaka

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