Editorial
Optimal interventional strategy for the treatment of coronary in-stent restenosis
Journal of Thoracic Disease
2015;
7
(10)
:1669-1671
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(31 October 2015)
Treatment of coronary in-stent restenosis—evidence for universal recommendation?
Journal of Thoracic Disease
2015;
7
(10)
:1672-1675
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(31 October 2015)
Aortic regurgitation and heart valve disease in mice
Journal of Thoracic Disease
2015;
7
(10)
:1676-1677
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(31 October 2015)
Network meta-analyses on in-stent restenosis treatment: dealing with complexity to clarify efficacy and safety
Journal of Thoracic Disease
2015;
7
(10)
:1678-1683
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(31 October 2015)
The use of etomidate for rapid sequence induction in septic patients
Journal of Thoracic Disease
2015;
7
(10)
:1684-1686
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(31 October 2015)
The use of statins in patients with heart failure: more questions than answers
Journal of Thoracic Disease
2015;
7
(10)
:1687-1690
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(31 October 2015)
In-stent restenosis: local drug delivery with a stent or balloon?
Journal of Thoracic Disease
2015;
7
(10)
:1691-1692
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(31 October 2015)
Hyperglycemic endothelial dysfunction: does it happen and does it matter?
Journal of Thoracic Disease
2015;
7
(10)
:1693-1695
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(31 October 2015)
The case of stroke prevention by left atrial appendage occlusion in patients with atrial fibrillation—can we close the file?
Journal of Thoracic Disease
2015;
7
(10)
:1696-1698
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(31 October 2015)
Etomidate in sepsis: understanding the dilemma
Journal of Thoracic Disease
2015;
7
(10)
:1699-1701
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(31 October 2015)
Statin therapy for heart failure: to prescribe or not?
Journal of Thoracic Disease
2015;
7
(10)
:1702-1703
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(31 October 2015)
Safer lung biopsy techniques: fewer patients with pneumothorax, fewer chest tube insertions
Journal of Thoracic Disease
2015;
7
(10)
:1704-1707
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(31 October 2015)
Comments on characterization of solitary pulmonary nodules with 18F-FDG PET/CT relative activity distribution analysis
Journal of Thoracic Disease
2015;
7
(10)
:1708-1712
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(31 October 2015)
Rapid needle-out patient-rollover approach after CT-guided lung biopsy: challenges and future directions
Journal of Thoracic Disease
2015;
7
(10)
:1713-1715
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(31 October 2015)
High risk percutaneous coronary interventions—significance of left ventricular assist device for clinical practice
Journal of Thoracic Disease
2015;
7
(10)
:1716-1718
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(31 October 2015)
Original Article
Digital versus traditional air leak evaluation after elective pulmonary resection: a prospective and comparative mono-institutional study
Journal of Thoracic Disease
2015;
7
(10)
:1719-1724
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(31 October 2015)
Effects of long-term smoking on the activity and mRNA expression of CYP isozymes in rats
Journal of Thoracic Disease
2015;
7
(10)
:1725-1731
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(31 October 2015)
High mobility group box 1: a novel mediator of Th2-type response-induced airway inflammation of acute allergic asthma
Journal of Thoracic Disease
2015;
7
(10)
:1732-1741
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(31 October 2015)
Bronchial sleeve resection or pneumonectomy for non-small cell lung cancer: a propensity-matched analysis of long-term results, survival and quality of life
Journal of Thoracic Disease
2015;
7
(10)
:1742-1748
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(31 October 2015)
The efficacy and toxicities of combined lobaplatin with paclitaxel as a first-line chemotherapy for advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
Journal of Thoracic Disease
2015;
7
(10)
:1749-1755
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(31 October 2015)
Lower airway inflammation and hyperresponsiveness in non-asthmatic patients with non-allergic rhinitis
Journal of Thoracic Disease
2015;
7
(10)
:1756-1764
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(31 October 2015)
Pharmacological treatment response according to the severity of symptoms in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Journal of Thoracic Disease
2015;
7
(10)
:1765-1773
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(31 October 2015)
Clinical feasibility and efficacy of video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) anatomical resection in patients with central lung cancer: a comparison with thoracotomy
Journal of Thoracic Disease
2015;
7
(10)
:1774-1779
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(31 October 2015)
Comparison of clinicopathologic features and survival between eastern and western population with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
Journal of Thoracic Disease
2015;
7
(10)
:1780-1786
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(31 October 2015)
Asiatic acid inhibits cardiac hypertrophy by blocking interleukin- 1β-activated nuclear factor-κB signaling in vitro and in vivo
Journal of Thoracic Disease
2015;
7
(10)
:1787-1797
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(31 October 2015)
A comparative analysis of lung cancer patients treated with lobectomy via three-dimensional video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery versus two-dimensional resection
Journal of Thoracic Disease
2015;
7
(10)
:1798-1805
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(31 October 2015)
Phosphatidylethanolamine-binding protein 4 promotes lung cancer cells proliferation and invasion via PI3K/Akt/mTOR axis
Journal of Thoracic Disease
2015;
7
(10)
:1806-1816
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(31 October 2015)
Clinical experience of spontaneous pneumomediastinum: diagnosis and treatment
Journal of Thoracic Disease
2015;
7
(10)
:1817-1824
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(31 October 2015)
A randomized controlled trial evaluating airway inspection effectiveness during endobronchial ultrasound bronchoscopy
Journal of Thoracic Disease
2015;
7
(10)
:1825-1832
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(31 October 2015)
Establishment of a mathematic model for predicting malignancy in solitary pulmonary nodules
Journal of Thoracic Disease
2015;
7
(10)
:1833-1841
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(31 October 2015)
Characterization of a new subtype of allergen in dermatophagoides farinae—Der f 28
Journal of Thoracic Disease
2015;
7
(10)
:1842-1849
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(31 October 2015)
Surgical Technique
Percutaneous trans-jugular vein closure of atrial septal defect with steerable introducer under echocardiographic guidance
Journal of Thoracic Disease
2015;
7
(10)
:1850-1853
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(31 October 2015)
Single-port thoracoscopic right main bronchial tumor sleeve resection and secondary carinal reconstruction
Journal of Thoracic Disease
2015;
7
(10)
:1854-1856
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(31 October 2015)
Totally robotic-assisted non-circumferential tracheal resection and anastomosis for leiomyoma in an elderly female
Journal of Thoracic Disease
2015;
7
(10)
:1857-1860
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(31 October 2015)
Video-assisted thoracoscopic right upper lobe sleeve lobectomy combined with carinal resection and reconstruction
Journal of Thoracic Disease
2015;
7
(10)
:1861-1864
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(31 October 2015)
Left lower sleeve lobectomy and systematic lymph node dissection by single-incision video-assisted thoracic surgery
Journal of Thoracic Disease
2015;
7
(10)
:1865-1869
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(31 October 2015)
Perspective
Endoscopic intervention of lower airway foreign matter in adults—a different perspective
Journal of Thoracic Disease
2015;
7
(10)
:1870-1877
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(31 October 2015)
News
The Journal of Visualized Surgery has been established as the Official Journal of the Asia Thoracoscopic Surgery Education Program
Journal of Thoracic Disease
2015;
7
(10)
:1878-1879
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(31 October 2015)
Review Article
Pre-analytic variability in cardiovascular biomarker testing
Journal of Thoracic Disease
2015;
7
(10)
:E395-E401
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(31 October 2015)
Red blood cell distribution width and cardiovascular diseases
Journal of Thoracic Disease
2015;
7
(10)
:E402-E411
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(31 October 2015)
Pollutional haze as a potential cause of lung cancer
Journal of Thoracic Disease
2015;
7
(10)
:E412-E417
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(31 October 2015)
Muscle dysfunction in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: update on causes and biological findings
Journal of Thoracic Disease
2015;
7
(10)
:E418-E438
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(31 October 2015)
Ultrasound techniques in the evaluation of the mediastinum, part 2: mediastinal lymph node anatomy and diagnostic reach of ultrasound techniques, clinical work up of neoplastic and inflammatory mediastinal lymphadenopathy using ultrasound techniques and how to learn mediastinal endosonography
Journal of Thoracic Disease
2015;
7
(10)
:E439-E458
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(31 October 2015)
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation using electrically driven devices: a review
Journal of Thoracic Disease
2015;
7
(10)
:E459-E467
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(31 October 2015)
Consensus
China experts consensus on icotinib for non-small cell lung cancer treatment (2015 version)
Journal of Thoracic Disease
2015;
7
(10)
:E468-E472
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(31 October 2015)
Medical Education: Duke Experience1
A primer on medical education in the United States through the lens of a current resident physician
Journal of Thoracic Disease
2015;
7
(10)
:E473-E481
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(31 October 2015)
Statistic Corner2
Mismatching of population groups in thoracic surgery case control studies
Journal of Thoracic Disease
2015;
7
(10)
:E482-E485
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(31 October 2015)
ICC COLUMN: The Voice of the Patient3
COPD diagnosis: genome first
Journal of Thoracic Disease
2015;
7
(10)
:E486-E488
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(31 October 2015)
Case Report
Underrated value of repeated right heart catheterization in pulmonary hypertension with heart failure—a case of persisted pulmonary arterial hypertension after treatment for biventricular failure
Journal of Thoracic Disease
2015;
7
(10)
:E489-E492
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(31 October 2015)
Deep-seated intramuscular lipoma penetrates the intercostal muscle
Journal of Thoracic Disease
2015;
7
(10)
:E493-E495
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(31 October 2015)
Primary pericardial synovial sarcoma
Journal of Thoracic Disease
2015;
7
(10)
:E496-E498
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(31 October 2015)
Intranodal lymphangiography as a possible therapeutic option for patients with isolated thoracic duct injury from penetrating chest trauma
Journal of Thoracic Disease
2015;
7
(10)
:E499-E501
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(31 October 2015)
A rare case of anomalous venous drainage of the right upper lobe
Journal of Thoracic Disease
2015;
7
(10)
:E502-E504
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(31 October 2015)
A rare case of mediastinal metastasis of ovarian carcinoma diagnosed by endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA)
Journal of Thoracic Disease
2015;
7
(10)
:E505-E508
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(31 October 2015)
Potentially disseminated solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura: a case report
Journal of Thoracic Disease
2015;
7
(10)
:E509-E512
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(31 October 2015)
Epithelioid inflammatory myofibroblastic sarcoma: a case report
Journal of Thoracic Disease
2015;
7
(10)
:E513-E516
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(31 October 2015)
Fatal bleeding due to sternal steel wire fracture following open-heart surgery
Journal of Thoracic Disease
2015;
7
(10)
:E517-E519
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(31 October 2015)
Erratum
Erratum to link between environmental air pollution and allergic asthma: East meets West
Journal of Thoracic Disease
2015;
7
(10)
:E520
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(31 October 2015)
Erratum to mechanistic impact of outdoor air pollution on asthma and allergic diseases
Journal of Thoracic Disease
2015;
7
(10)
:E521
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(31 October 2015)
Disclosure:
1. The series “Medical Education” was commissioned by the Editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease without any sponsorship or funding.
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.
