Vol 9, No 3 (March 28, 2017) - Journal of Thoracic Disease

Editorial

Three-dimensional printing of external airway splints for tracheomalacia

Hester F. Shieh, Russell W. Jennings

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:414-416

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Should we reconsider dual antiplatelet therapy duration following bioresorbable scaffold angioplasty?

Dario Buccheri, Giuseppe Caramanno, Salvatore Geraci, Bernardo Cortese

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

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:417-418

(28 March 2017)

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FIRE or ICE for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation?—perspectives from the largest randomized evaluation of cryoballoon and radiofrequency ablation to date

Konstantinos C. Siontis, Peter A. Noseworthy

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

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:419-422

(28 March 2017)

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Clinically suspected myocarditis with pseudo-infarct presentation: the role of endomyocardial biopsy

Alida L. P. Caforio, Giacomo Malipiero, Renzo Marcolongo, Sabino Iliceto

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:423-427

(28 March 2017)

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Non-surgical approach to the thoracic duct: a technique whose time has come

Larry R. Kaiser

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:428-429

(28 March 2017)

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Bundle of care decreased ventilator-associated events—implications for ventilator-associated pneumonia prevention

Mathilde Neuville, Bruno Mourvillier, Lila Bouadma, Jean-François Timsit

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

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:430-433

(28 March 2017)

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Early cerebrovascular events after transcatheter aortic valve replacement: patient- and procedure-specific predictors

Dale Murdoch, Jonathon P. Fanning

Journal of Thoracic Disease

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:434-437

(28 March 2017)

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Life ain’t no SOFA—considerations after yet another failed clinical sepsis trial

David Berger, Joerg C. Schefold

Journal of Thoracic Disease

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:438-440

(28 March 2017)

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Age before duty: the effect of storage duration on mortality after red blood cell transfusion

Young Kim, Andrew D. Jung, Timothy A. Pritts

Journal of Thoracic Disease

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:441-443

(28 March 2017)

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Composition and oxidative potential of PM2.5 pollution and health

Dorothy L. Robinson

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:444-447

(28 March 2017)

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Cancer prevention from the perspective of global cancer burden patterns

Hiroki Nagai, Young Hak Kim

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:448-451

(28 March 2017)

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Systemic inflammatory response syndrome, sequential organ failure assessment, and quick sequential organ failure assessment: more pieces needed in the sepsis puzzle

Bin Du, Li Weng

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:452-454

(28 March 2017)

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Induced pluripotent stem cells, form in vitro tissue engineering to in vivo allogeneic transplantation

Yi-Chen Li, Kai Zhu, Tai-Horng Young

Journal of Thoracic Disease

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:455-459

(28 March 2017)

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Pleurectomy/decortication for malignant pleural mesothelioma

Teruhisa Takuwa, Seiki Hasegawa

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:460-461

(28 March 2017)

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The era of uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery

Monica Pastina, Cecilia Menna, Claudio Andreetti, Mohsen Ibrahim

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:462-465

(28 March 2017)

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We must identify patients at risk for pre-hospital sudden cardiac arrest at the early phase of myocardial infarction

Santiago Montero, Alain Combes, Matthieu Schmidt

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:466-469

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Osimertinib for advanced non-small cell lung cancer harboring EGFR mutation exon 20 T790M, acquired resistant mutation for first- or second-generation EGFR-TKI

Yusuke Okuma, Yukio Hosomi

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:470-473

(28 March 2017)

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Analyzing competing risks in the treatment of lung cancer: a good start

Jae Y. Kim

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:474-476

(28 March 2017)

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Echocardiography to guide fluid therapy in critically ill patients: check the heart and take a quick look at the lungs

Federico Franchi, Luigi Vetrugno, Sabino Scolletta

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2017;

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:477-481

(28 March 2017)

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Stereotactic ablative body radiation therapy or surgery for operable early non-small cell lung cancer patients: bound hand and foot to evidence

Antonin Levy, Olaf Mercier, Cécile Le Péchou

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

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:482-484

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Malignant pleural mesothelioma: key determinants in tailoring the right treatment for the right patient

Ori Wald, David J. Sugarbaker

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:485-489

(28 March 2017)

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Robotic-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy: is it advantageous over thoracoscopic esophagectomy?

Mong-Wei Lin, Jang-Ming Lee

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:490-491

(28 March 2017)

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Cardiac regeneration using HLA-matched induced pluripotent stem cells—no monkey business, but still a long and winding road ahead

Daniel Sinnecker

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:492-494

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Analyses of trends in prevalence of congenital heart defects and folic acid supplementation

Aimee S. Parnell, Adolfo Correa

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:495-500

(28 March 2017)

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The many facets of diagnostic bronchoscopy for pulmonary ground glass nodules

Christine Chavez, Takehiro Izumo

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

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:501-503

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Prognostic contribution of non-predominant solid and micropapillary components in lung adenocarcinomas

Masaki Suzuki, Tomoyuki Yokose, Haruhiko Nakayama

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:504-506

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Original Article

Nomogram prediction for the survival of the patients with small cell lung cancer

Hui Pan, Xiaoshun Shi, Dakai Xiao, Jiaxi He, Yalei Zhang, Wenhua Liang, Zhi Zhao, Zhihua Guo, Xusen Zou, Jinxin Zhang, Jianxing He

Journal of Thoracic Disease

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:507-518

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Lower expression of platelet derived growth factor is associated with better overall survival rate of patients with idiopathic nonspecific interstitial pneumonia

Xuyou Zhu, Xia Fang, Wei Chen, Fei Han, Ziling Huang, Benfang Luo, Pan Gu, Long Zhang, Weizhe Qiu, Yu Zeng, Weiwei Rui, Xianghua Yi

Journal of Thoracic Disease

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:519-528

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Endovascular repair of residual intimal tear or distal new entry after frozen elephant trunk for type A aortic dissection

Xu-Dong Pan, Bin Li, Wei-Guo Ma, Jun Zheng, Yong-Min Liu, Jun-Ming Zhu, Lian-Jun Huang, Li-Zhong Sun

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

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:529-536

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Role of bronchoprovocation tests in identifying exercise-induced bronchoconstriction in a non-athletic population: a pilot study

Jessica H. Y. Tan, Wui Mei Chew, Therese S. Lapperre, Gan Liang Tan, Chian Min Loo, Mariko S. Koh

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:537-542

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Correlation of pleural effusions’ grayscale sonographic parameters with fluid’s analysis results

Alexandros Kalkanis, Charalampos Varsamas, Konstantinos Gourgoulianis

Journal of Thoracic Disease

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:543-546

(28 March 2017)

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Pulmonary function tests findings and their diagnostic value in patients with IgG4-related disease

Lu Cao, Yi-Bing Chen, Da-Hui Zhao, Wen-Fang Shi, Song Meng, Li-Xin Xie

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

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:547-554

(28 March 2017)

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Efficacy of nebulized colistin-based therapy without concurrent intravenous colistin for ventilator-associated pneumonia caused by carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii

Yong Kyun Kim, Jae Ha Lee, Hyun-Kyung Lee, Byung Cheol Chung, Seung Jung Yu, Ho-Young Lee, Jin-Han Park, Sunyoung Kim, Hyeon-Kuk Kim, Sungmin Kiem, Hang-Jea Jang

Journal of Thoracic Disease

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:555-567

(28 March 2017)

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The role of BioGlue in thoracic surgery: a systematic review

Diamantis I. Tsilimigras, Aspasia Antonopoulou, Ioannis Ntanasis-Stathopoulos, Davide Patrini, Kostas Papagiannopoulos, David Lawrence, Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos

Journal of Thoracic Disease

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:568-576

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Application of bronchoscope for the placement of nasoenteric feeding tube in patients with esophagectomy: a novel technique

Hai-Xia Cao, Wei Zhang, Jun Zhang, Xiong-Huai Hua, Jian-Jun Qin, Yin Li

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2017;

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:577-581

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Higher coronary artery calcification score is associated with adverse prognosis in patients with stable angina pectoris

Renrong Wang, Xiaoxiao Liu, Chunxia Wang, Xinhe Ye, Xin Xu, Chengjian Yang

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

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:582-589

(28 March 2017)

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Clinical analysis on 113 patients with lung cancer treated by percutaneous CT-guided microwave ablation

Lou Zhong, Siyuan Sun, Jiahai Shi, Fei Cao, Xiao Han, Xueping Bao, Qingsheng You

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

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:590-597

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Pulmonary inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor versus IgG4-related inflammatory pseudotumor: differential diagnosis based on a case series

Longfei Zhu, Jian Li, Chengwu Liu, Wenshuang Ding, Feng Lin, Chenglin Guo, Lunxu Liu

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

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:598-609

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CD90 positive cells exhibit aggressive radioresistance in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Yuandong Wang, Chi Zhang, Hongcheng Zhu, Junwei Tang, Shu Zhang, Jinhua Luo, Xinchen Sun

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2017;

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:610-620

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Impact of cyclooxygenase-2 and prostaglandin-E2 expression on clinical outcome after pulmonary metastasectomy

Christian Lang, Emilie Hrdliczka, Thomas Schweiger, Olaf Glueck, Gerrit Lewik, Stefan Schwarz, Alberto Benazzo, György Lang, Walter Klepetko, Konrad Hoetzenecker

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

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:621-635

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One-year and long-term mortality in patients hospitalized for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

María-Teresa García-Sanz, Juan-Carlos Cánive-Gómez, Laura Senín-Rial, Jorge Aboal-Viñas, Alejandra Barreiro-García, Eva López-Val, Francisco-Javier González-Barcala

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

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:636-645

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Definitive concurrent chemoradiotherapy with S-1 and cisplatin in elderly esophageal squamous cell carcinoma patients

Hongqing Wang, Gang Li, Lifang Chen, Yuxia Duan, Chunpeng Zou, Chunhong Hu

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

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:646-654

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Anti-PD-1/PD-L1 antibody versus conventional chemotherapy for previously-treated, advanced non-small-cell lung cancer: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Yongxun Zhuansun, Fengting Huang, Yumo Du, Lin Lin, Rui Chen, Jianguo Li

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

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:655-665

(28 March 2017)

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Impact of lymph node management on resectable non-small cell lung cancer patients

Apichat Tantraworasin, Somcharoen Saeteng, Sophon Siwachat, Tawatchai Jiarawasupornchai, Nirush Lertprasertsuke, Sarawut Kongkarnka, Chidchanok Ruengorn, Jayanton Patumanond, Emanuela Taioli, Raja M. Flores

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2017;

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:666-674

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A non-randomized retrospective observational study on the subcutaneous esophageal reconstruction after esophagectomy: is it feasible in high-risk patients?

Jae Ho Chung, Sung Ho Lee, Eunjue Yi, Jae Seung Jung, Jung Wook Han, Tae Sik Kim, Ho Sung Son, Kwang Taik Kim

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

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:675-684

(28 March 2017)

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Prognostic impact of M descriptors of the 8th edition of TNM classification of lung cancer

Margarida Dias, Ana Antunes, Sérgio Campainha, Sara Conde, Ana Barroso

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

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:685-691

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Continuous administration of recombinant human B-type natriuretic peptide can improve heart and renal function in patients after cardiopulmonary bypass surgery

Shiguan Le, Jian Xiao, Wei Li, Jing Wang, Qing Wang, Wang Xi, Jibin Xu, Zhinong Wang

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

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:692-701

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Protective effect of propofol preconditioning on ischemia-reperfusion injury in human hepatocyte

Yuzhu Zhang, Zhenzhen Chen, Nianhai Feng, Junxia Tang, Xingbo Zhao, Chengxiao Liu, Hongyu Xu, Mengyuan Zhang

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

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:702-710

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Early results of the Sorin^® Perceval S sutureless valve: systematic review and meta-analysis

Karan Sian, Sheila Li, Daneish Selvakumar, Ross Mejia

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

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:711-724

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Reconstruction of mediastinal vessels for invasive thymoma: a retrospective analysis of 25 cases

Yifeng Sun, Chang Gu, Jianxin Shi, Wentao Fang, Qingquan Luo, Dingzhong Hu, Shijie Fu, Xufeng Pan, Yong Chen, Yu Yang, Haitang Yang, Heng Zhao, Haiquan Chen

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

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:725-733

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Procalcitonin as preoperative marker for surgery in advanced parapneumonic empyema

Claudio Caviezel, Philipp Schuetz, Stephan Gerdes, Franco Gambazzi

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

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:734-741

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Retrospective analysis of stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) for metastatic lung lesions (MLLs) in comparison with a contemporaneous cohort of primary lung lesions (PLLs)

Feras Oskan, Yvonne Dzierma, Stefan Wagenpfeil, Christian Rübe, Jochen Fleckenstein

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

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:742-756

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Epicardial left atrial appendage closure—comparison of surgical techniques in an ex vivo model

Nikolas Mirow, Sebastian Vogt, Marc Irqsusi, Rainer Moosdorf, Andreas Kirschbaum

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

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:757-761

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Clinical presentation and characteristics of 25 adult cases of pulmonary sequestration

Mateusz Polaczek, Inga Baranska, Malgorzata Szolkowska, Jacek Zych, Piotr Rudzinski, Janusz Szopinski, Tadeusz Orlowski, Kazimierz Roszkowski-Sliz

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

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:762-767

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Prognostic effects of preoperative obstructive pneumonitis or atelectasis and comparison with tumor size in non-small cell lung cancer

Zhaofei Pang, Nan Ding, Wei Dong, Yang Ni, Tiehong Zhang, Xiao Qu, Jiajun Du, Qi Liu

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

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:768-778

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The prevalence of pulmonary hypertension in patients with obesity hypoventilation syndrome: a prospective observational study

Aljohara S. Almeneessier, Samar Z. Nashwan, Mostafa Q. Al-Shamiri, Seithikurippu R. Pandi-Perumal, Ahmed S. BaHammam

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

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:779-788

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Performance in the shuttle walk test is associated with cardiopulmonary complications after lung resections

Joseph Fennelly, Lauren Potter, Cecilia Pompili, Alessandro Brunelli

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

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:789-795

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Clinicopathological features of Chinese lung cancer patients with epidermal growth factor receptor mutation

Hui Ning, Ming Liu, Lina Wang, Yang Yang, Nan Song, Xiaoxiong Xu, Jin Ju, Gening Jiang

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2017;

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:796-801

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Electromagnetic navigational bronchoscopy with dye marking for identification of small peripheral lung nodules during minimally invasive surgical resection

Juan A. Muñoz-Largacha, Michael I. Ebright, Virginia R. Litle, Hiran C. Fernando

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

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:802-808

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Transcutaneous electrical acupoint stimulation (TEAS) ameliorates chemotherapy-induced bone marrow suppression in lung cancer patients

Lili Hou, Fen Gu, Guanghui Gao, Caicun Zhou

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

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:809-817

(28 March 2017)

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Characteristics and provision of care of patients with the acute respiratory distress syndrome: descriptive findings from the DACAPO cohort baseline and comparison with international findings

Frank Dodoo-Schittko, Susanne Brandstetter, Magdalena Brandl, Sebastian Blecha, Michael Quintel, Steffen Weber-Carstens, Stefan Kluge, Patrick Meybohm, Caroline Rolfes, Björn Ellger, Friedhelm Bach, Tobias Welte, Thomas Muders, Kathrin Thomann-Hackner, Thomas Bein, Christian Apfelbacher

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

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:818-830

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Cough Section (Section Director: Peter Dicpinigaitis)

Somatic cough syndrome or psychogenic cough—what is the difference?

Anne E. Vertigan

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2017;

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:831-838

(28 March 2017)

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TRPV1 polymorphisms influence capsaicin cough sensitivity in men

Laura R. Sadofsky, Gerard Cantero-Recasens, Caroline Wright, Miguel A. Valverde, Alyn H. Morice

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

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:839-840

(28 March 2017)

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Surgical Technique

Laser resection of pulmonary nodule via uniportal thoracoscopic surgery

Calvin S. H. Ng, Freddie Capili, Ze-Rui Zhao, Peter S. Y. Yu, Jacky Y. K. Ho, Rainbow W. H. Lau

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:846-848

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Review Article

The mechanisms of radioresistance in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and current strategies in radiosensitivity

Guang-Zong Chen, Hong-Cheng Zhu, Wang-Shu Dai, Xiao-Ning Zeng, Jin-Hua Luo, Xin-Chen Sun

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

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:849-859

(28 March 2017)

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Mini-Review

Retrosternal goitre: the role of the thoracic surgeon

Diamantis I. Tsilimigras, Davide Patrini, Aspasia Antonopoulou, Dimitris Velissaris, Efstratios Koletsis, David Lawrence, Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

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:860-863

(28 March 2017)

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Case Report

Trans-tracheostomy repair of tracheo-esophageal fistula under endoscopic view in a 75-year-old woman

Francesco Paolo Caronia, Alfonso Reginelli, Mario Santini, Roberto Alfano, Sebastiano Trovato, Ettore Arrigo, Alfonso Fiorelli

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

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:E176-E179

(28 March 2017)

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Regional dietary characteristics and bronchial foreign body: a repeated misdiagnosis caused by a red pepper

Yutian Lai, Jian Huang, Xudong Zhou, Heng Du, Guowei Che

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

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:E180-E182

(28 March 2017)

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Resectable primary pleural myxoid liposarcoma with a pedicle: report of a rare case and literature review

Fang Wang, Shigeru Kiryu, Li Li, Qing Wang, Dumin Li, Lifeng Zhang

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

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:E183-E187

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Transarterial embolization of intralobar pulmonary sequestration in a young adult with hemoptysis

Rebecca Zener, David Bottoni, Andrew Zaleski, Dalilah Fortin, Richard A. Malthaner, Richard I. Inculet, Amol Mujoomdar

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

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:E188-E193

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Bronchopulmonary carcinoid with a single lymph node metastasis causing ectopic Cushing’s syndrome

Nilgün Büyükakyüz, Sven Hillinger, Walter Weder, Wolfgang Jungraithmayr

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

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:E194-E196

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Re-crossing the distal cell in bifurcation verified by using an enhanced stent visualization system and optical coherence tomography: a report of two cases

Ruofei Jia, Zening Jin, Hong Li, Jing Han

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

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:E197-E201

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Malignant pheochromocytoma in the anterior mediastinum with sternal invasion: a case report

Mingzhi Song, Kebin Sun, Tian Xia, Lei Zhou, Yangyang Li, Zhe Sun, Yuchi Zhang, Xianbin Zhang, Ran Sun, Bo Chen, Qingwei Tan

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

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:E202-E209

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Pulmonary vein stump thrombosis after left pneumonectomy, diagnosed based on a high plasma D-dimer level: a case report

Tomohiro Kamori, Gouji Toyokawa, Tatsuro Okamoto, Yuka Kozuma, Taichi Matsubara, Naoki Haratake, Shinkichi Takamori, Takaki Akamine, Kazuki Takada, Masakazu Katsura, Fumihiro Shoji, Yoshihiko Maehara

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

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:E210-E214

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Surgical resection of right ventricular rhabdomyoma under the guidance of transesophageal echocardiography on a beating heart

Xueguang Han, Haibo Song, Li Zhou, Chunling Jiang

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

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:E215-E218

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Primary mediastinal myelolipoma: a case report and literature review

Qingtong Shi, Shu Pan, Yang Bao, Huangxin Fan, Yali Diao

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

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:E219-E225

(28 March 2017)

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Avoiding completion pneumonectomy by omentopexy for bronchial dehiscence

Takuro Miyazaki, Naoya Yamasaki, Tomoshi Tsuchiya, Keitaro Matsumoto, Ryotaro Kamohara, Go Hatachi, Shigekazu Hidaka, Takeshi Nagayasu

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

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:E226-E229

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Rapid response in a critical lung adenocarcinoma presenting as large airway stenoses after receiving stent implantation and sequential rebiopsy guided ALK inhibitor therapy: a case report

Ling Ding, Cheng Chen, Yuan-Yuan Zeng, Jian-Jie Zhu, Jian-An Huang, Ye-Han Zhu

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

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:E230-E235

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Chondromatous hamartoma of cervical esophagus: a case report and literature review

Chong Zhang, Jinming Xu, Zhitian Wang, Zhehao He, Hanjin Yang, Jian Hu

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

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:E236-E244

(28 March 2017)

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Delayed-onset tension hemothorax following blunt trauma and the rupture of a previously undiagnosed aberrant right subclavian artery

Alex Fourdrain, Sophie Lafitte, Jules Iquille, Florence De Dominicis, Pascal Berna

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

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:E245-E248

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Primary tracheal schwannoma treated by surgical resection: a case report

Ding-Pei Han, Jie Xiang, Zhi-Qiu Ye, Dan-Nong He, Xiao-Chun Fei, Chao-Fu Wang, Jia-Ming Che, Jun-Biao Hang, He-Cheng Li

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

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:E249-E252

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Thoracoscopic management of incarcerated lung herniation after blunt chest trauma: a case report and literature review

Ting-Yen Chiang, Ming-Fang Yin, Shun-Mao Yang, Ke-Cheng Chen

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

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:E253-E257

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Left ventricular outflow tract obstruction due to a left ventricular myxoma that was misidentified as an accessory mitral valve tissue

Seung-Hoon Baek, Hee Young Kim, Hyae Jin Kim, Sang Wook Shin, Hye Jin Kim, Yun Mi Choi, Eun Ji Choi, Eunjung Chang, Hong-Sik Son

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

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:E258-E263

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Short Communication

Clinical outcomes for multi- and extensively drug resistant tuberculosis patients with adjunctive resectional lung surgery in Beijing, China

Yan Ma, Yu Pang, Jian Du, Yuhong Liu, Liang Li, Weiwei Gao

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

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:841-845

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Editorial

Incomplete coronary revascularization: a cautionary tale

Lindsey L. Saint, Spencer J. Melby

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

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:E264-E265

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Long term oxygen therapy—it is still relevant?

Surinder K. Jindal

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

(3)

:E266-E268

(28 March 2017)

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The EMPIRICUS trial—the final nail in the coffin of empirical antifungal therapy in the intensive care unit?

Michael Osthoff, Nina Khanna, Martin Siegemund

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

(3)

:E269-E273

(28 March 2017)

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A greater quality of clinical evidence is needed

Marcelo F. Jiménez, Maria Teresa Gómez Hernández

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

(3)

:E274-E276

(28 March 2017)

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Postoperative radiotherapy and lung cancer in stage III: helpful or harmful

Francesco Fiorica

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

(3)

:E277-E278

(28 March 2017)

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Surgeon proficiency and outcomes in esophagectomy: a perspective and comment on an analysis of the Swedish Cancer Registry

Fred Lee, Inderpal S. Sarkaria, James D. Luketich

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

(3)

:E279-E281

(28 March 2017)

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Cancer of the esophagus and esophagogastric junction: an 8^th edition staging primer

Claire L. Donohoe, Alexander W. Phillips

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

(3)

:E282-E284

(28 March 2017)

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Pathological upstaging and treatment strategy of clinical stage I small cell lung cancer following surgery

Hisashi Saji, Tomoyuki Miyazawa, Hideki Marushima, Haruhiko Nakamura

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

(3)

:E285-E289

(28 March 2017)

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What could be the key elements to determine the optimal number of lymph nodes sampled?

Yoshihisa Shimada

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

(3)

:E290-E291

(28 March 2017)

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A mighty oak in the rapidly expanding field of checkpoint inhibition for NSCLC

Petros Christopoulos, Michael Thomas

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

(3)

:E292-E294

(28 March 2017)

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Recalcitrant small cell lung cancer: the argument for optimism

Karen G. Zeman, Christina E. Brzezniak, Corey A. Carter

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

(3)

:E295-E296

(28 March 2017)

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Recurrent aortic dissection: a challenging but rare dilemma

Joshua M. Rosenblum, Edward P. Chen

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

(3)

:E297-E298

(28 March 2017)

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Invited Editorial on “the timing of surgery after neoadjuvant chemoradiation in locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer”

Deniz Yalman

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

(3)

:E299-E300

(28 March 2017)

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The link between tuberculosis and body mass index

Aaron R. Casha, Marco Scarci

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

(3)

:E301-E303

(28 March 2017)

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Do hospitals need oncological critical care units?

Abby Koch, William Checkley

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

(3)

:E304-E309

(28 March 2017)

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Quality improvement in the ICU: treat first what kills first

Peter H. J. van der Voort

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

(3)

:E310-E312

(28 March 2017)

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Ablation of atrial fibrillation: single-shot techniques poised to dominate rhythm control strategies/the future is here

Antonis S. Manolis

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

(3)

:E313-E321

(28 March 2017)

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The future of hybrid ablation: an emerging need for an anticoagulation protocol for thoracoscopic ablation

Pavel Osmancik, Petr Budera

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

(3)

:E322-E326

(28 March 2017)

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Can mathematics replace anatomy to establish recommendations in lung cancer surgery?

Marc Riquet, Ciprian Pricopi, Antoine Legras, Alex Arame, Alain Badia, Françoise Le Pimpec Barthes

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

(3)

:E327-E332

(28 March 2017)

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Letter to the Editor

Percutaneous treatment of persistent chylothorax: technical challenges in a complex case

Rodrigo Gobbo Garcia, Priscila Mina Falsarella, Antonio Rahal Jr, Ricardo Sales dos Santos

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

(3)

:E333-E334

(28 March 2017)

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Safety profile of EGFR-targeted hybrid vector system composed of PAMAM dendrimer and oncolytic adenovirus

A-Rum Yoon, Dayananda Kasala, Jinwoo Hong, Chae-Ok Yun

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

(3)

:E335-E336

(28 March 2017)

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The use of electron microscopy for diagnosis of malignant pleural mesothelioma

Oscar Arrieta, Zyanya Lucia Zatarain-Barron, Amir Carmona, Hugo Domínguez-Malagón

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

(3)

:E337-E338

(28 March 2017)

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Arts and Medicine

Cell nucleus and English letters

Shimin Zhang

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

(3)

:E339-E341

(28 March 2017)

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Erratum

Erratum to “The total artificial heart”

Editorial Team

Journal of Thoracic Disease

2017;

(3)

:E342

(28 March 2017)

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Vol 9, No 3 (March 28, 2017): Journal of Thoracic Disease

Editorial

Original Article

Cough Section (Section Director: Peter Dicpinigaitis)

Surgical Technique

Review Article

Mini-Review

Case Report

Short Communication

Editorial

Letter to the Editor

Arts and Medicine

Erratum