Preface on Left Ventricular Assist Devices
Ventricular assist devices: a snapshot into the current state of technology
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Review Article on Left Ventricular Assist Devices
Left ventricular assist device patient selection: do risk scores help?
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(30 December 2015)
Left ventricular assist device implantation strategies and outcomes
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(30 December 2015)
Surgical implant techniques of left ventricular assist devices: an overview of acute and durable devices
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(30 December 2015)
Options for temporary mechanical circulatory support
Journal of Thoracic Disease
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:2102-2111
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(30 December 2015)
Chronic outpatient management of patients with a left ventricular assist device
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(30 December 2015)
Blood pressure management in mechanical circulatory support
Journal of Thoracic Disease
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(30 December 2015)
Anticoagulation management in mechanical circulatory support
Journal of Thoracic Disease
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:2129-2138
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(30 December 2015)
Echocardiographic assessment for ventricular assist device placement
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:2139-2150
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(30 December 2015)
Left ventricular assist device driveline infections: recent advances and future goals
Journal of Thoracic Disease
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(30 December 2015)
Dealing with surgical left ventricular assist device complications
Journal of Thoracic Disease
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(30 December 2015)
Remote hemodynamic monitoring for ambulatory left ventricular assist device patients
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(30 December 2015)
The total artificial heart
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(30 December 2015)
Psychosocial issues in ventricular assist device implantation and management
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(30 December 2015)
The future of left ventricular assist devices
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:2188-2193
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(30 December 2015)
Pediatric ventricular assist devices
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(30 December 2015)
Original Article
History of pneumonia is a strong risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation in South Korea: the Epidemiologic review and Prospective Observation of COPD and Health in Korea (EPOCH) study
Journal of Thoracic Disease
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:2203-2213
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(30 December 2015)
Diagnosis of pneumocystis pneumonia using serum (1-3)-β-D-Glucan: a bivariate meta-analysis and systematic review
Journal of Thoracic Disease
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:2214-2225
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(30 December 2015)
Biopsy testing in an inoperable, non-small cell lung cancer population—a retrospective, real-life study in Sweden
Journal of Thoracic Disease
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:2226-2233
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(30 December 2015)
A cross-sectional and follow-up study of leukopenia in tuberculosis patients: prevalence, risk factors and impact of anti-tuberculosis treatment
Journal of Thoracic Disease
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:2234-2242
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(30 December 2015)
Meta-analysis of the efficacy and safety of adding an angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) to a calcium channel blocker (CCB) following ineffective CCB monotherapy
Journal of Thoracic Disease
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:2243-2252
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(30 December 2015)
The role of speckle tracking echocardiography in assessment of lipopolysaccharide-induced myocardial dysfunction in mice
Journal of Thoracic Disease
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:2253-2261
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(30 December 2015)
Initial synchronized intermittent mandatory ventilation versus assist/control ventilation in treatment of moderate acute respiratory distress syndrome: a prospective randomized controlled trial
Journal of Thoracic Disease
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:2262-2273
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(30 December 2015)
Uniportal versus three-port video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for spontaneous pneumothorax: a meta-analysis
Journal of Thoracic Disease
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:2274-2287
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(30 December 2015)
Prognostic analysis of the bronchoplastic and broncho-arterioplastic lobectomy of non-small cell lung cancers—10-year experiences of 161 patients
Journal of Thoracic Disease
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:2288-2299
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(30 December 2015)
Prevalence of carotid artery stenosis in Chinese patients with angina pectoris
Journal of Thoracic Disease
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:2300-2306
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(30 December 2015)
Qualitative research of alternatively splice variants of fibronectin in different development stage of mice heart
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:2307-2312
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(30 December 2015)
Precise delineation of clinical target volume for crossing-segments thoracic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma based on the pattern of lymph node metastases
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:2313-2320
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(30 December 2015)
Dysfunction of mechanical heart valve prosthesis: experience with surgical management in 48 patients
Journal of Thoracic Disease
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:2321-2329
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(30 December 2015)
Pulmonary lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma: a Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database analysis
Journal of Thoracic Disease
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:2330-2338
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(30 December 2015)
Effects of different types of antihypertensive agents on arterial stiffness: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Journal of Thoracic Disease
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:2339-2347
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(30 December 2015)
Surgical Technique
A new approach for video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy “the caudal position”
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(30 December 2015)
A comparison of short-term outcomes between Ivor-Lewis and McKeown minimally invasive esophagectomy
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(30 December 2015)
A novel sutureless technique for the repair of coronary sinus injuries
Journal of Thoracic Disease
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(30 December 2015)
Radical resection of right upper lung cancer using uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery with non-intubated anesthesia
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(30 December 2015)
Uniportal complete video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy with partial pulmonary arterioplasty for lung cancer with calcified lymph node
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(30 December 2015)
Unidirectionally progressive resection of lower left lung carcinoma under video-associated thoracoscopy
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(30 December 2015)
Left lower lobectomy and systematic lymph node dissection by complete video-assisted thoracic surgery
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(30 December 2015)
Complete video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy of the left lower lobe and lung lymph node dissection
Journal of Thoracic Disease
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(30 December 2015)
Video-assisted thoracic surgery left upper lobectomy with systematic lymphadenectomy
Journal of Thoracic Disease
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(30 December 2015)
Uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy in semiprone position: primary experience of 105 cases
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(30 December 2015)
Review Article
Atrial fibrillation and sleep-disordered breathing
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(30 December 2015)
Statistic Corner
How to choose the right statistical software?—a method increasing the post-purchase satisfaction
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(30 December 2015)
Editorial
Mechanism of in-stent restenosis after second-generation drug-eluting stents (DES): is it different from bare-metal stents and first-generation DES?
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Time for science to catch up with clinical practice?
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Effects of acute hyperglycaemia on cardiovascular homeostasis: does a spoonful of sugar make the flow-mediated dilatation go down?
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:E607-E611
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(30 December 2015)
Is staging mediastinoscopy necessary before stereotactic body radiotherapy for inoperable early stage lung cancer?
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(30 December 2015)
Early stage lung cancer with nodal involvement occult to PET-CT: treat the image or treat the disease?
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Five factors and three characteristics of coronary in-stent restenosis
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Systemic corticosteroids and community-acquired pneumonia—cautious optimism or wishful thinking?
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(30 December 2015)
Prolonged dual antiplatelet therapy in renal failure: a challenging trade-off
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:E625-E628
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(30 December 2015)
Combination of cetuximab with radio-chemotherapy in patients with esophageal cancer: less is more!
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Perspective
Fever: suppress or let it ride?
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Commentary
Developments in oncological positron emission tomography/computed tomography assessment
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(30 December 2015)
Marker or mediator? Is the link between anemia and outcomes in patients with coronary artery disease growing any clearer?
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:E640-E642
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(30 December 2015)
Supporting respiratory function in the immunocompromised critically ill patient: new perspectives for an old paradigm
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:E643-E645
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(30 December 2015)
Interfacing pathophysiology of respiratory sleep disorders, cardiac dysfunction, and focal autonomic medullary brain ischemia
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(30 December 2015)
Case Report
Spectrum of FDG uptake in large (>10 cm) esophageal leiomyomas
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:E648-E651
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(30 December 2015)
Electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy guided injection of methylene blue combined with hookwire for preoperative localization of small pulmonary lesions in thoracoscopic surgery
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:E652-E656
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(30 December 2015)
A recurrent empyema with peripheral bronchopleural fistulas treated by retrograde bronchial sealing with Gore Tex plugs: a case report
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:E657-E661
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(30 December 2015)
Mediastinal angiomatosis: a rare case report
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Primary tracheobronchial non-Hodgkin lymphoma causing life-threatening airway obstruction: a case report
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(30 December 2015)
Histopathological findings in a critically ill patient with avian influenza A (H7N9)
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:E672-E677
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(30 December 2015)
Esophageal perforation following cervical mediastinoscopy: a rare serious complication
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(30 December 2015)
Premitive neuro-ectodermal tumour of the lung
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(30 December 2015)
Disclosure:
The focused issue “Left Ventricular Assist Devices” was commissioned by the editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease without any sponsorship or funding. Ahmet Kilic and Peter Eckman served as the unpaid Guest Editors for the focused issue.
