Vol 8, No 8 (August 01, 2016) - Journal of Thoracic Disease

Laura L. Donahoe, Elsie T. Nguyen, Tae-Bong Chung, Lan-Chau Kha, Marcelo Cypel, Gail E. Darling, Marc de Perrot, Shaf Keshavjee, Andrew F. Pierre, Thomas K. Waddell, Kazuhiro Yasufuku

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Oxygen desaturation during a 6-minute walk test as a predictor of maximal exercise-induced gas exchange abnormalities in sarcoidosis

Cecile Chenivesse, Sarah Boulanger, Carole Langlois, Lidwine Wemeau-Stervinou, Thierry Perez, Benoit Wallaert

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Sufficient myocardial protection of del Nido cardioplegia regardless of ventricular mass and myocardial ischemic time in adult cardiac surgical patients

Ji Seong Kim, Jin Hee Jeong, Sin Ju Moon, Hyuk Ahn, Ho Young Hwang

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Sarcopenia of thoracic muscle mass is not a risk factor for survival in lung transplant recipients

Seokkee Lee, Hyo Chae Paik, Seok Jin Haam, Chang Young Lee, Kyung Sik Nam, Hee Suk Jung, Young Woo Do, Jee Won Shu, Jin Gu Lee

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Risk factors for recurrence after sublobar resection in patients with small (2 cm or less) non-small cell lung cancer presenting as a solid-predominant tumor on chest computed tomography

Youngkyu Moon, Sook Whan Sung, Seok Whan Moon, Jae Kil Park

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Erythroblast transformation-specific 2 correlates with vascular smooth muscle cell apoptosis in rat heterotopic heart transplantation model

Xiaojuan Liu, Daliang Yan, Yangcheng Li, Xilin Sha, Kunpeng Wu, Jianhua Zhao, Chen Yang, Chao Zhang, Jiahai Shi, Xiang Wu

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Lung cancer resection with concurrent off-pump coronary artery bypasses: safety and efficiency

Xuchen Ma, Fangjiong Huang, Zhitai Zhang, Feiqiang Song, Songlei Ou

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A comparison of balloon angioplasty of native coarctation versus surgical repair for short segment coarctation associated with ventricular septal defect—a single-center retrospective review of 92 cases

Huifeng Zhang, Ming Ye, Gang Chen, Fang Liu, Lin Wu, Bing Jia

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A lot to a little or a little to a lot—which dose-volume relationship ensures the best clinical outcome in the high dose radiation therapy of thoracic tumors? A prospective approach

Christina Schröder, Rita Engenhart-Cabillic, Hilke Vorwerk, Michael Schmidt, Winfried Huhnt, Eyck Blank, Dietrich Sidow, André Buchali

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Use of laryngeal mask airway for non-endotracheal intubated anesthesia for patients with pectus excavatum undergoing thoracoscopic Nuss procedure

Xiaojun Du, Songsong Mao, Jianxiu Cui, Jue Ma, Guangyan Zhang, Yong Zheng, Haiyu Zhou, Liang Xie, Dongkun Zhang, Ruiqing Shi, Gang Chen

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Serum selenium levels in patients with respiratory diseases: a prospective observational study

Yo-Han Lee, Seok Jeong Lee, Myoung Kyu Lee, Won-Yeon Lee, Suk Joong Yong, Sang-Ha Kim

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Surgical outcomes associated with postoperative atrial fibrillation after robotic-assisted pulmonary lobectomy: retrospective review of 208 consecutive cases

Emily P. Ng, Frank O. Velez-Cubian, Kathryn L. Rodriguez, Matthew R. Thau, Carla C. Moodie, Joseph R. Garrett, Jacques P. Fontaine, Eric M. Toloza

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Preoperative misdiagnosis analysis and accurate distinguish intrathymic cyst from small thymoma on computed tomography

Xin Li, Xingpeng Han, Wei Sun, Meng Wang, Guohui Jing, Xun Zhang

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Characteristics of patients with pseudochylothorax—a systematic review

Adriana Lama, Lucía Ferreiro, María E. Toubes, Antonio Golpe, Francisco Gude, José M. Álvarez-Dobaño, Francisco J. González-Barcala, Esther San José, Nuria Rodríguez-Núñez, Carlos Rábade, Carlota Rodríguez-García, Luis Valdés

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Randomized trial of epidural vs. subcutaneous catheters for managing pain after modified Nuss in adults

Dawn E. Jaroszewski, M’hamed Temkit, MennatAllah M. Ewais, Todd C. Luckritz, Joshua D. Stearns, Ryan C. Craner, Brantley D. Gaitan, Harish Ramakrishna, Christopher A. Thunberg, Ricardo A. Weis, Kelly M. Myers, Marianne V. Merritt, David M. Rosenfeld

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Chronic kidney disease and the severity of coronary artery disease and retinal microvasculature changes: a cross-sectional study

Kevin Phan, Cheryl Au, Paul Mitchell, Gerald Liew, Adam J. H. Plant, Sarah B. Wang, Joseph Chiha, Aravinda Thiagalingam, George Burlutsky, Bamini Gopinath

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Concomitant off-pump coronary artery bypass and non-cardiovascular surgery

Hong Chul Oh, Jung Wook Han, Jae-Woong Choi, Yong Han Kim, Ho Young Hwang, Ki-Bong Kim

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Validation of EORTC and CALGB prognostic models in surgical patients submitted to diagnostic, palliative or curative surgery for malignant pleural mesothelioma

Alberto Sandri, Francesco Guerrera, Matteo Roffinella, Stefania Olivetti, Lorena Costardi, Alberto Oliaro, Pier Luigi Filosso, Paolo Olivo Lausi, Enrico Ruffini

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Usefulness of conventional transbronchial needle aspiration in the diagnosis, staging and molecular characterization of pulmonary neoplasias by thin-prep based cytology: experience of a single oncological institute

Maria Teresa Ramieri, Ferdinando Marandino, Paolo Visca, Tommaso Salvitti, Enzo Gallo, Beatrice Casini, Francesca Romana Giordano, Claudia Frigieri, Mauro Caterino, Sandro Carlini, Massimo Rinaldi, Anna Ceribelli, Annarita Pennetti, Pier Luigi Alò, Mirella Marino, Edoardo Pescarmona, Massimo Filippetti

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Correlation of cardiopulmonary exercise testing parameters with quality of life in stable COPD patients

Mahsa Mirdamadi, Besharat Rahimi, Enayat Safavi, Hamidreza Abtahi, Soheil Peiman

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Accuracy of ultrasound for the diagnosis of cervical lymph node metastasis in esophageal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Xue-Feng Leng, Yi Zhu, Ge-Ping Wang, Jian Jin, Lei Xian, Yu-Hong Zhang

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Division of the intersegmental plane during thoracoscopic segmentectomy: is stapling an issue?

Amaia Ojanguren, Dominique Gossot, Agathe Seguin-Givelet

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Perioperative outcomes and lymph node assessment after induction therapy in patients with clinical N1 or N2 non-small cell lung cancer

Jessica Glover, Frank O. Velez-Cubian, Kavian Toosi, Emily Ng, Carla C. Moodie, Joseph R. Garrett, Jacques P. Fontaine, Eric M. Toloza

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A survey among Brazilian thoracic surgeons about the use of preoperative 2D and 3D images

Federico Enrique Garcia Cipriano, Livia Arcêncio, Lycio Umeda Dessotte, Alfredo José Rodrigues, Walter Villela de Andrade Vicente, Paulo Roberto Barbosa Évora

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Global DNA methylation and PTEN hypermethylation alterations in lung tissues from human silicosis

Xianan Zhang, Xiaowei Jia, Liangying Mei, Min Zheng, Chen Yu, Meng Ye

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Initial experience of single-port video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery sleeve lobectomy and systematic mediastinal lymphadenectomy for non-small-cell lung cancer

Hao Chen, Guobing Xu, Bin Zheng, Wei Zheng, Yong Zhu, Zhaohui Guo, Chun Chen

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Clinical statistics analysis on the characteristics of pneumoconiosis of Chinese miner population

Mei-Fang Wang, Run-Ze Li, Ying Li, Xue-Qin Cheng, Jun Yang, Wen Chen, Xing-Xing Fan, Hu-Dan Pan, Xiao-Jun Yao, Tao Ren, Xin Qian, Liang Liu, Elaine Lai-Han Leung, Yi-Jun Tang

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The analysis of components that lead to increased work of breathing in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients

Sibei Chen, Ying Li, Zeguang Zheng, Qun Luo, Rongchang Chen

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Impact of pre-transplant pulmonary infection developed in horizontal laminar flow unit on the outcome of subsequent allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Gan-Lin He, Ying-Jun Chang, Lan-Ping Xu, Xiao-Hui Zhang, Yu Wang, Kai-Yan Liu, Xiao-Jun Huang

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Tubeless video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) under non-intubated, intravenous anesthesia with spontaneous ventilation and no placement of chest tube postoperatively

Fei Cui, Jun Liu, Shuben Li, Weiqiang Yin, Xu Xin, Wenlong Shao, Jianxing He

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Modified bronchial anastomosis in video-assisted thoracoscopic sleeve lobectomy: a report of 32 cases

Hao Chen, Lin Huang, Guobing Xu, Bin Zheng, Wei Zheng, Yong Zhu, Zhaohui Guo, Chun Chen

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Brief Report

Management of an intrapleural foreign body and empyema with video-assisted thoracoscopy

Chigozirim Ekeke, Stephen Noble, Robert E. Merritt

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An investigation report about the lack of VB₁

Hangju Zhu, Guiju Sun, Baoli Zhu

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Penetrating thoracic injury with retained foreign body: can video-assisted thoracic surgery take up the leading role in acute management?

Peter S. Y. Yu, Herman H. M. Chan, Rainbow W. H. Lau, Freddie G. Capili, Malcolm J. Underwood, Innes Y. P. Wan

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Surgical Technique

A “reverse direction” technique of single-port left upper pulmonary resection

Min Zhang, Alan D. L. Sihoe, Ming Du

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Uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery left superior segmentectomy with systematic lymphadenectomy in the semiprone position

Zongwu Lin, Junjie Xi, Songtao Xu, Qun Wang

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Left upper lobectomy and systematic lymph nodes dissection in enlarged pulmonary hilar lymph nodes in primary lung cancer patient by uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery

Jun-Qiang Fan, Jie Yao, Zhi-Bo Chang, Qi Wang

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Modular 3-cm uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic left upper lobectomy with systemic lymphadenectomy

Qi Wang, Yi-Xin Cai, Yu Deng, Sheng-Ling Fu, Xiang-Ning Fu, Ni Zhang

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VATS right upper lobe bronchial sleeve resection

Qianli Ma, Deruo Liu

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Uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery right upper lobectomy with systemic lymphadenectomy

Ding-Pei Han, Jie Xiang, He-Cheng Li, Jun-Biao Hang

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Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic right upper lobectomy with systematic lymphadenectomy

Gang Shen, Ying Chai, Lijian Huang, Maoying Yang, Guofei Zhang

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Uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery for left upper lobe: single-direction lobectomy with systematic lymphadenectomy

Mingxiang Feng, Miao Lin, Yaxin Shen, Hao Wang

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Review Article

Radiological contribution to the diagnosis of early postoperative complications after lung resection for primary tumor: a revisional study

Luciano Cardinale, Adriano Massimiliano Priola, Sandro Massimo Priola, Francesco Boccuzzi, Najada Dervishi, Elena Lisi, Andrea Veltri, Francesco Ardissone

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Long noncoding RNAs are novel potential prognostic biomarkers for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: an overview

Han-Yu Deng, Yun-Cang Wang, Peng-Zhi Ni, Yi-Dan Lin, Long-Qi Chen

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Left ventricular assist devices—current state and perspectives

Anatol Prinzing, Ulf Herold, Anna Berkefeld, Markus Krane, Rüdiger Lange, Bernhard Voss

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Case Report

Protective effect of angulated aorta for saving coronary artery during endovascular repair for ascending aortic pseudoaneurysm

Myeong Gun Kim, Woong Chol Kang, Pyung Chun Oh, Yang Bin Jeon, Ji Yeon Lee, Eak Kyun Shin

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Treatment decision based on the biological behavior of pulmonary benign metastasizing leiomyoma

Aurel Ottlakan, Bernadett Borda, Gyorgy Lazar, Laszlo Tiszlavicz, Jozsef Furak

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Giant thymoma successfully resected via hemiclamshell thoracotomy: a case report

Weigang Zhao, Wentao Fang

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A case of long-term survival after multimodal local treatments of intramedullary spinal cord metastasis of squamous cell lung cancer

Shojiro Minomo, Akihiro Tokoro, Tomoki Utsumi, Masahiro Ishihara, Masanori Akira, Shinji Atagi

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Giant bronchogenic cyst with pericardial defect: a case report & literature review in Japan

Toshiko Kamata, Shigetoshi Yoshida, Takekazu Iwata, Yukio Nakatani, Ichiro Yoshino

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Successful treatment of a bronchopleural fistula after en masse lobectomy

Mitsuhiro Kamiyoshihara, Takashi Ibe, Natsuko Kawatani, Fumi Ohsawa, Ryohei Yoshikawa

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Perforation of esophagus and subsequent mediastinitis following mussel shell ingestion

Il Hwan Park, Hyun Kyo Lim, Seung Woo Song, Kwang Ho Lee

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Non-intubated laparoscopic repair of giant Morgagni’s hernia for a young man

Miao Zhang, Heng Wang, Dong Liu, Xuefeng Pan, Wenbin Wu, Zhengqun Hu, Hui Zhang

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Evaluation of airway resistance in primary small cell carcinoma of the trachea by MostGraph: a case study

Eri Hagiwara, Yasuhiro Gon, Kentaro Hayashi, Mai Takahashi, Yuko Iida, Hisato Hiranuma, Yoshiko Nakagawa, Tsukasa Hataoka, Kenji Mizumura, Shuichiro Maruoka, Tetsuo Shimizu, Noriaki Takahashi, Shu Hashimoto

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Mycotic aortic arch aneurysm coexistent with constrictive pericarditis: is surgery a dangerous resort?

Peter S. Y. Yu, Simon C. H. Yu, Cheuk-Man Chu, Micky W. T. Kwok, Yuk-Hoi Lam, Malcolm J. Underwood, Randolph H. L. Wong

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Transcatheter aortic valve implantation in a young heart transplant recipient crossing the traditional boundaries

Khalil Ahmad, Christian Juhl Terkelsen, Kim Allan Terp, Ole Norling Mathiassen, Bjarne Linde Nørgaard, Henning Rud Andersen, Steen Hvitfeldt Poulsen

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ICC COLUMN¹

The unity of respiratory patient advocacy

Lawrence Grouse

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Sleep complaints and sleep breathing disorders in upper and lower obstructive lung diseases

Matteo Ferrando, Diego Bagnasco, Valeria Roustan, Giorgio Walter Canonica, Fulvio Braido, Ilaria Baiardini

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Statistic Corner²

Misuse of statistics in surgical literature

Matthew S. Thiese, Brenden Ronna, Riann B. Robbins

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Statistical modelling for thoracic surgery using a nomogram based on logistic regression

Run-Zhong Liu, Ze-Rui Zhao, Calvin S. H. Ng

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Perspective

Déjà-vu from the nineties: is there a perspective for anti-endotoxin strategies to improve the outcome of multiple trauma patients?

Tina Histing, Michael D. Menger

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Bioresorbable vascular scaffolds—what does the future bring?

Jacek Bil, Robert J. Gil

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Cytokine amplification and macrophage effector functions in aortic inflammation and abdominal aortic aneurysm formation

Talha Ijaz, Ronald G. Tilton, Allan R. Brasier

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Resected small cell lung cancer—time for more?

Alissa S. Marr, Chi Zhang, Apar Kishor Ganti

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On the complexity of scoring acute respiratory distress syndrome: do not forget hemodynamics!

Xavier Repessé, Alix Aubry, Antoine Vieillard-Baron

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Is there light at the end of the tunnel?—new perspectives in ECMO survival

Federico Pappalardo, Andrea Montisci

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Videothoracoscopic resection for lung cancer: moving towards a “standard of care”

Tom Treasure

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Commentary

Association of rosuvastatin and delirium in severe sepsis with acute respiratory distress syndrome

Leili Pourafkari, Nader D. Nader, Jahan Porhomayon

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What is more important: defibrillation or compression?

Wei Gu, Chun-Sheng Li

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A new tool to assess relatives’ experience of dying and death in the intensive care unit

Isabell Fridh, Anna Forsberg

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Early goal directed mobility in the ICU: ‘something in the way you move’

Claudia C. dos Santos, Margaret Herridge, Jane Batt

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Bugs, genes, and the intensive care unit

Kerina Jane Denny, Jeffrey Lipman

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Amiodarone and lidocaine for shock refractory ventricular fibrillation or ventricular tachycardia in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: are they really effective?

Kazuhiro Sugiyama, Masahiro Kashiura, Yuichi Hamabe

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Targeting metabolic peculiarities: a potentially novel therapeutic approach for KRAS-mutant lung cancer?

Omar Abdel-Rahman

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Therapeutic hypothermia in ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI): a long way to go

Luca Liberale, Fabrizio Montecucco

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Minimally invasive lobectomy for early stage non-small cell lung cancer—it can be done without sacrificing oncologic outcomes

Mark F. Berry

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Beta-blockers in septic shock: a magnifying glass on the relation heart vessel

Calypso Mathieu, Laurent Zieleskiewicz, Marc Leone

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Proposals for revisions of the classification of lung cancers with multiple pulmonary sites: the radiologist’s, thoracic surgeon’s and oncologist’s point of view

Stefania Rizzo, Francesco Petrella, Antonio Passaro, Filippo de Marinis, Massimo Bellomi

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Impact of lymph node occult metastases in stage I non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): what is the evidence?

Giuseppe Marulli, Marco Mammana, Federico Rea

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Savior or not: ADAM17 inhibitors overcome radiotherapy-resistance in non-small cell lung cancer

Katsuaki Ieguchi, Yoshiro Maru

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Assessment of clinical criteria for sepsis—was the cart put before the horse?

Mylène Aublanc, Jean-Christophe Richard

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Disability after prolonged mechanical ventilation in the intensive care unit: tracking the fate of our patients

Lorenzo Ball, Paolo Pelosi

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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

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Endovascular repair of the ascending aorta: the last frontier?

Drosos Kotelis, Johannes Kalder, Michael J. Jacobs

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The evolution of mitral valve prolapse: insights from the Framingham Heart Study

Zhaozhuo Niu, Vincent Chan, Thierry Mesana, Marc Ruel

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Heart rate reduction may be a major determinant of vascular tone in esmolol-treated septic shock patients—although still remains to be confirmed!

Antoine Kimmoun, Chaoije Wei, Bruno Levy, Djillali Annane

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Tumor infiltrating lymphocytes in lung cancer: a new prognostic parameter

Kobe Reynders, Dirk De Ruysscher

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The bell tolls for indeterminant lung nodules: computer-aided nodule assessment and risk yield (CANARY) has the wrong tune

David O. Wilson, Jiantao Pu

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Promising but still uncertain steps towards better prediction of functional outcome in ICU patients

Lieuwe D. Bos, Laura R. Schouten, Marcus J. Schultz

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Outcomes with intravascular ultrasound-guided stent implantation: a meta-analysis of randomized trials in the era of drug-eluting stents

Soo-Jin Kang, Gary S. Mintz

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Dual antiplatelet therapy duration after drug-eluting stents: how long?

Gérard Helft

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Letter to the Editor

Treatment for in-stent restenosis: patient-specific decision rather than universal recommendation

Joo Myung Lee, Jonghanne Park, Tae-Min Rhee, Hyo-Soo Kim

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Erratum

Erratum to the sleep apnea cardiovascular endpoints (SAVE) trial: Rationale and start-up phase

Editorial Office

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Disclosure:

1. 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.

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.

Vol 8, No 8 (August 01, 2016): Journal of Thoracic Disease

Editorial

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