Vol 9, No 10 (October 31, 2017) - Journal of Thoracic Disease

Chunyu Ji, Yangwei Xiang, Vincenzo Pagliarulo, Jangming Lee, Alan D. L. Sihoe, HyunKoo Kim, Xuefei Zhang, Zhexin Wang, Weigang Zhao, Jian Feng, Wentao Fang

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Age and blood transfusion: relationship and prognostic implications in cardiac surgery

Luca Salvatore De Santo, Gianpaolo Romano, Emilio Mango, Francesco Iorio, Leonardo Savarese, Flora Numis, Carlo Zebele

PDF Pages: 3719-3727 Full Text (6716) Open Access

Incidence and risk factors of iatrogenic pneumothorax after thoracentesis in emergency department settings

Hyun Young Cho, Byuk Sung Ko, Han Joo Choi, Chan Young Koh, Chang Hwan Sohn, Dong Woo Seo, Yoon-Seon Lee, Jae Ho Lee, Bum Jin Oh, Kyoung Soo Lim, Won Young Kim

PDF Pages: 3728-3734 Full Text (4900) Open Access

Circulating microRNA-34 family low expression correlates with poor prognosis in patients with non-small cell lung cancer

Ke Zhao, Jing Cheng, Baojun Chen, Qi Liu, Di Xu, Yongjian Zhang

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Prognostic role of a comprehensive geriatric assessment on the management of elderly patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): a pooled analysis of two prospective phase II trials by the GFPC Group

Hervé Le Caer, Isabelle Borget, Romain Corre, Chrystele Locher, Christine Raynaud, Chantal Decroisette, Henri Berard, Clarisse Audigier-Valette, Cecile Dujon, Jean Bernard Auliac, Jacquy Crequit, Isabelle Monnet, Alain Vergnenegre, Christos Chouaid

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Long-term adherence to continuous positive airway pressure in patients with rapid eye movement-only obstructive sleep apnea: a prospective cohort study

Aljohara S. Almeneessier, Yasser Almousa, Omeima Hammad, Awad H. Olaish, Eiman T. ALAnbay, Ahmed S. BaHammam

PDF Pages: 3755-3765 Full Text (3580) Open Access

Impact of pregabalin on early phase post-thoracotomy pain compared with epidural analgesia

Noriyuki Matsutani, Hitoshi Dejima, Takashi Nakayama, Yusuke Takahashi, Hirofumi Uehara, Hisae Iinuma, Toshiya Harashima, Kazuki Anraku, Masafumi Kawamura

PDF Pages: 3766-3773 Full Text (4078) Open Access

Macrolide-resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae prevalence and clinical aspects in adult patients with community-acquired pneumonia in China: a prospective multicenter surveillance study

Yu-Dong Yin, Rui Wang, Chao Zhuo, Hui Wang, Ming-Gui Wang, Can-Mao Xie, Dan-Yang She, Xin Yuan, Ren-Tao Wang, Bin Cao, You-Ning Liu

PDF Pages: 3774-3781 Full Text (7356) Open Access

The prognosis of invasive adenocarcinoma presenting as ground-glass opacity on chest computed tomography after sublobar resection

Youngkyu Moon, Kyo Young Lee, Jae Kil Park

PDF Pages: 3782-3792 Full Text (3231) Open Access

Physiological rules for the heart, lungs and other pressure-based organs

Aaron R. Casha, Liberato Camilleri, Alexander Manché, Ruben Gatt, Marilyn Gauci, Marie-Therese Camilleri-Podesta, Joseph N. Grima, Marco Scarci, Stanley Chetcuti

PDF Pages: 3793-3801 Full Text (4446) Open Access

Study on the role of transient receptor potential C6 channels in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma radiosensitivity

Yi Zhang, Yongxing Zhang, Hong Fan, Yu Shi, Cheng Zhan, Qun Wang

PDF Pages: 3802-3809 Full Text (3003) Open Access

Effects of Nuss procedure on thoracic scoliosis in patients with pectus excavatum

Hyung Joo Park, Jae Jun Kim, Jae Kil Park, Seok Whan Moon

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Could thymomectomy be a reasonable option for non-myasthenic thymoma patients?

Valentina Tassi, Silvia Ceccarelli, Cristina Zannori, Alessio Gili, Niccolò Daddi, Guido Bellezza, Stefano Ascani, Anna Marina Liberati, Francesco Puma

PDF Pages: 3817-3824 Full Text (3091) Open Access

What is difficult about doing video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS)? A retrospective study comparing VATS anatomical resection and conversion to thoracotomy for lung cancer in a university-based hospital

Si-Wook Kim, Jong-Myeon Hong, Dohun Kim

PDF Pages: 3825-3831 Full Text (1905) Open Access

Clinical analyses on salvage lymphadenectomy through cervical incision for patients with cervical and cervicothoracic recurrences after esophagectomy

Dong Lin, Shujun Jiang, Longfei Ma, Hong Hu, Ting Ye, Longlong Shao, Zuodong Song, Jiaqing Xiang

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The long-term outcome of adjuvant hypofractionated radiotherapy and conventional fractionated radiotherapy after breast-conserving surgery for early breast cancer: a prospective analysis of 107 cases

Shuhong Zhao, Yi Liu, Fengxian Huang, Xin Chen, Ximing Cao, Jiao Yu

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Management of occult malignant pleural disease firstly detected at thoracotomy for non-small cell lung cancer patients

Shaolei Li, Shanyuan Zhang, Miao Huang, Yuanyuan Ma, Yue Yang

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SYNTAX score may predict the severity of atherosclerosis of the ascending aorta

Maroun Yammine, Shinobu Itagaki, Amit Pawale, Nana Toyoda, Ramachandra C. Reddy

PDF Pages: 3859-3865 Full Text (3592) Open Access

Anterior fissureless uniport vs. posterior intra-fissure triple-port thoracoscopic right upper lobectomy: a propensity-matched study

Honggang Ke, Yifei Liu, Xiaoyu Zhou, Qun Xue

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Epidemiology, microbiology and treatment implications in adult patients hospitalized with pneumonia in different regions of China: a retrospective study

Fan Liu, Zehuai Wen, Jia Wei, Huiling Xue, Yunqin Chen, Weiguo Gao, David Melnick, Jesus Gonzalez, Judith Hackett, Xiaoyan Li, Shizhou Deng, Zhaolong Cao

PDF Pages: 3875-3887 Full Text (3856) Open Access

Perception of circadian variation of symptoms in Chinese patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Ming Lu, Xiaohong Wang, Baiqiang Cai, Kewu Huang, Jie Cao, Jinping Zheng, Yongchang Sun, Fuqiang Wen, Huili Zhu, Xin Zhou, Jianping Zhao, Yanfei Guo, Xia Ling, Wanzhen Yao

PDF Pages: 3888-3895 Full Text (2640) Open Access

Evaluation of surgical approaches to anatomical segmentectomies: the transition to minimal invasive surgery improves hospital outcomes

Veena Surendrakumar, Antonio E. Martin-Ucar, John G. Edwards, Jagan Rao, Laura Socci

PDF Pages: 3896-3902 Full Text (2391) Open Access

Lymph node involvement according to lung adenocarcinoma subtypes: lymph node involvement is influenced by lung adenocarcinoma subtypes

Jae Kil Park, Jae Jun Kim, Seok Whan Moon, Kyo Young Lee

PDF Pages: 3903-3910 Full Text (2473) Open Access

Chemoradiotherapy for unresectable cases of thymic epithelial tumors: a retrospective study

Jumpei Kashima, Yusuke Okuma, Hiroto Murata, Kageaki Watanabe, Yukio Hosomi, Tsunekazu Hishima

PDF Pages: 3911-3918 Full Text (2865) Open Access

ALK and ROS1 rearrangements, coexistence and treatment in epidermal growth factor receptor-wild type lung adenocarcinoma: a multicenter study of 732 cases

Zhengbo Song, Yuhui Zheng, Xuzhou Wang, Haiyan Su, Yiping Zhang, Yong Song

PDF Pages: 3919-3926 Full Text (4562) Open Access

Comparison of clinical and radiological characteristics between anaplastic lymphoma kinase rearrangement and epidermal growth factor receptor mutation in treatment naïve advanced lung adenocarcinoma

Yingying Miao, Suhua Zhu, Huijuan Li, Jiawei Zou, Qingqing Zhu, Tangfeng Lv, Yong Song

PDF Pages: 3927-3937 Full Text (6752) Open Access

No compensatory lung growth after resection in a one-year follow-up cohort of patients with lung cancer

Stéphane Glénet, Claire de Bisschop, Frédéric Delcambre, Rodolphe Thiébaut, François Laurent, Jacques Jougon, Jean-François Velly, Agnès Georges, Hervé Guénard

PDF Pages: 3938-3945 Full Text (2639) Open Access

CT angiography for diagnosis and subcategorization of unroofed coronary sinus syndrome

Ai-Hua Zhi, Ru-Ping Dai, Wei-Guo Ma, Pei Zhang, Bin Lv, Shi-Liang Jiang

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Diffuse alveolar haemorrhage with predominant upper lung lobe involvement associated with congestive heart failure: a case series

Joop Jonckheer, Hans Slabbynck, Herbert Spapen

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The involvement of the laminin-integrin α7β1 signaling pathway in mechanical ventilation-induced pulmonary fibrosis

Han-Di Liao,, Yong Mao, You-Guo Ying

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Pulmonary manifestations of Q fever: analysis of 38 patients

Diana J. Kelm, Darin B. White, Hind J. Fadel, Jay H. Ryu, Fabien Maldonado, Misbah Baqir

PDF Pages: 3973-3978 Full Text (2441) Open Access

Early identification of patients at risk for acute respiratory distress syndrome among severe pneumonia: a retrospective cohort study

Jian Luo, He Yu, Yue-Hong Hu, Dan Liu, Yi-Wei Wang, Mao-Yun Wang, Bin-Miao Liang, Zong-An Liang

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Predictors of arterial desaturation during intubation: a nested case-control study of airway management—part I

Nathan J. Smischney, Mohamed O. Seisa, Katherine J. Heise, Robert A. Wiegand, Kyle D. Busack, Theodore O. Loftsgard, Darrell R. Schroeder, Daniel A. Diedrich

PDF Pages: 3996-4005 Full Text (2847) Open Access

Perioperative factors associated with 1-year mortality after lung transplantation: a single-center experience in Korea

Su Hwan Lee, Moo Suk Park, Joo Han Song, Young Sam Kim, Jin Gu Lee, Hyo Chae Paik, Song Yee Kim

PDF Pages: 4006-4016 Full Text (2730) Open Access

Tumor-stroma ratio (TSR) in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients after lung resection is a prognostic factor for survival

Ke-Xing Xi, Ying-Sheng Wen, Chong-Mei Zhu, Xiang-Yang Yu, Rong-Qing Qin, Xue-Wen Zhang, Yong-Bin Lin, Tie-Hua Rong, Wei-Dong Wang, Yong-Qiang Chen, Lan-Jun Zhang

PDF Pages: 4017-4026 Full Text (7434) Open Access

Chest tube drainage versus needle aspiration for primary spontaneous pneumothorax: which is better?

Chengdi Wang, Mengyuan Lyu, Jian Zhou, Yang Liu, Yulin Ji

PDF Pages: 4027-4038 Full Text (7765) Open Access

Percutaneous thermal ablation for stage IA non-small cell lung cancer: long-term follow-up

Chaitan K. Narsule, Praveen Sridhar, Divya Nair, Avneesh Gupta, Roy G. Oommen, Michael I. Ebright, Virginia R. Litle, Hiran C. Fernando

PDF Pages: 4039-4045 Full Text (3497) Open Access

Optimal managements of stage IIIA (N2) non-small cell lung cancer patients: a population-based survival analysis

Zhaofei Pang, Yufan Yang, Nan Ding, Cuicui Huang, Tiehong Zhang, Yang Ni, Jiajun Du, Qi Liu

PDF Pages: 4046-4056 Full Text (3321) Open Access

Surgical Technique

Uniportal video-assisted lobectomy through a posterior approach

Francesco Paolo Caronia, Ettore Arrigo, Alfonso Fiorelli

PDF Pages: 4057-4063 Full Text (Video) (2233) Open Access

Review Article

Adjuvant treatment of non-small cell lung cancer: focus on targeted therapy

Marco Tazza, Giulio Metro

PDF Pages: 4064-4069 Full Text (3741) Open Access

Advancements in mechanical circulatory support for patients in acute and chronic heart failure

Thomas A. Csepe, Ahmet Kilic

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Pathophysiology and classification of primary graft dysfunction after lung transplantation

Morvern Isabel Morrison, Thomas Leonard Pither, Andrew John Fisher

PDF Pages: 4084-4097 Full Text (10662) Open Access

Review Article of Cough Section¹

A neuroanatomical framework for the central modulation of respiratory sensory processing and cough by the periaqueductal grey

Alice E. McGovern, Itopa E. Ajayi, Michael J. Farrell, Stuart B. Mazzone

PDF Pages: 4098-4107 Full Text (4528) Open Access

Surgical Technique of Interventional Pulmonology Corner²

Initial experience of medical pleuroscopy via the peel-away introducer of the indwelling pleural catheter using a thin bronchoscope

Kassem Harris, Abdul Hamid Alraiyes, Samjot Singh Dhillon

PDF Pages: 4108-4113 Full Text (2061) Open Access

Statistics Corner³

Design of interventional studies in thoracic surgery

Zachary W. Fitch, John Z. Deng, Chi-Fu Jeffrey Yang, Thomas A. D’Amico

PDF Pages: 4114-4116 Full Text (1914) Open Access

Truths, lies, and statistics

Matthew S. Thiese, Skyler Walker, Jenna Lindsey

PDF Pages: 4117-4123 Full Text (5658) Open Access

Using the confidence interval confidently

Avijit Hazra

PDF Pages: 4124-4129 Full Text (24416) Open Access

The biostatistical minimum

Luca Bertolaccini, Alessandro Pardolesi, Piergiorgio Solli

PDF Pages: 4130-4131 Full Text (2393) Open Access

Editorial of GARD Section⁴

The global alliance against chronic respiratory diseases Portugal: 10 years of experience

José Rosado-Pinto, Pedro Carreiro-Martins

PDF Pages: 4132-4134 Full Text (3182) Open Access

Case Report

Thoracoscopic resection of a huge mediastinal cystic lymphangioma

Haining Zhou, Chuan Zhong, Quanshui Fu, Shoujun Tang, Qichi Luo, Li Yu, Lunxu Liu

PDF Pages: E887-E889 Full Text (2844) Open Access

Successful treatment with afatinib for pancreatic metastasis of lung adenocarcinoma: a case report

Tatsuo Furuya, Junichi Shimada, Satoru Okada, Hiroaki Tsunezuka, Daishiro Kato, Masayoshi Inoue

PDF Pages: E890-E893 Full Text (3809) Open Access

Hemangioma originating from the main pulmonary artery

In- Sub Kim, Jae Jun Kim, Si Young Choi, Seong Cheol Jeong, Eundeok Chang, Yong Hwan Kim

PDF Pages: E894-E898 Full Text (1898) Open Access

Bronchopulmonary infection by Lophomonas blattarum in a pediatric patient after hematopoietic progenitor cell transplantation: first report in Mexico

Napoleón González Saldaña, Francisco Javier Otero Mendoza, Francisco Rivas Larrauri, Diego Mauricio Galvis Trujillo, Edna Venegas Montoya, Eduardo Arias De La Garza, Hugo Juárez Olguín

PDF Pages: E899-E902 Full Text (3161) Open Access

Bronchial lumen is the safer route for an airway exchange catheter in double-lumen tube replacement: preventable complication in airway management for thoracic surgery

Hsiang-Ling Wu, Ying-Hsuan Tai, Ling-Fang Wei, Hung-Wei Cheng, Chiu-Ming Ho

PDF Pages: E903-E906 Full Text (3070) Open Access

Chondroblastoma of the rib in a 47-year-old man: a case report with a systematic review of literature

Jury Brandolini, Luca Bertolaccini, Alessandro Pardolesi, Maurizio Salvi, Mirca Valli, Piergiorgio Solli

PDF Pages: E907-E911 Full Text (2870) Open Access

Successful repair of thoracic outlet syndrome in a growing young patient due to posterior sternoclavicular joint dislocation

Yong Hwan Kim, Jae Jun Kim, Si Young Choi, Seong Cheol Jeong, In Sub Kim

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Meet the Professor

Professor Hiroyuki Oizumi: how to identify the intersegmental plane

Silvia Zhou

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Interview with Prof. Gilbert Massard: multifarious ways to elevate thoracic surgery education

Shuxin Hu, Jessie , Zhong

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Interview with Team Captains of the postgraduate symposium- Master Cup in the 25th Meeting of the ESTS

Hailing Lian, Jessie Zhong

PDF Pages: E921-E924 Full Text (Video) (1897) Open Access

Prof. Boris Sepesi: patient-personalized treatment is the best treatment

Zhuoqi Jia, Shuang Wu, Jessie Zhong

PDF Pages: E925-E927 Full Text (Video) (1354) Open Access

Interview with Prof. Pier Luigi Filosso during the 25th Meeting of the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS)

Qiuyuan Li, Jianfei Shen

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ESTS Meeting Report

The 25th European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS)—an academic feast held in the beautiful town of the Alps

Macy Liu, Ann Young

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Letter to the Editor

Pre-embedding subcutaneous suture for chest-tube insertion in uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery

Chieh-Ni Kao, Chao-Wei Chang, Meng-Chien Hsieh, Yu-Wei Liu, Shah-Hwa Chou

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Diagnostic implication of fibrin degradation products and D-dimer in aortic dissection—author’s reply

Shuangshuang Li, Jian Dong, Lei Zhang, Zhiqing Zhao, Rui Feng, Qingsheng Lu, Jian Zhou, Junmin Bao, Zaiping Jing

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What is spread through air space?

Hironori Uruga, Takeshi Fujii, Kazuma Kishi

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3D printing technique for guiding complicated cardiovascular surgery

Nan Chen, Kai Zhu, Chunsheng Wang, Xiaoning Sun

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The role and potential mechanisms of long non-coding RNA in small cell lung cancer

Yuchun Niu, Feng Ma, Jun Xue, Weimei Huang, Linlang Guo

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Esophageal resection after neoadjuvant therapy: understanding the limitations of large database analyses

David N. Ranney, Michael S. Mulvihill, Babatunde A. Yerokun, Matthew G. Hartwig

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Tumor spread through air spaces (STAS): a call for more evidence

Chenyang Dai, Huikang Xie, Hang Su, Yunlang She, Yijiu Ren, Dong Xie, Hui Zheng, Chang Chen

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Extracorporeal life support and neurologic complications: still a long way to go

Roberto Lorusso

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Standard or networked meta-analyses in assessing the best option for neo-adjuvant therapy in resectable oesophageal cancer: chemotherapy or chemo-radiotherapy?

Ewen A. Griffiths, Sandro Pasquali, Ravinder S. Vohra

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Robotic-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: a promising surgical method

Su Yang, Hecheng Li

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Reply to comments on “Robotic Assisted Right Middle Lobectomy”: incision positions, approaches and other problems

Xingshi Chen, Hecheng Li

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Robotic-assisted right upper lobectomy: with the further research, robot-assisted thoracic surgery (RATS) will be better in future

Hailei Du, Hecheng Li

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Robotic left lower lobectomy: our experience

Runsen Jin, Hecheng Li

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Robotic-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: cost and lymph node dissection

Jie Xiang, Hecheng Li

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Robotic-assisted thoracoscopic segmentectomy: there is a long way to go

Chengqiang Li, Hecheng Li

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Robotic-assisted thoracic surgery: a promising tool should not be denied

Han Wu, Hecheng Li

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Robotic thoracic surgery: S1+2 segmentectomy of the left upper lobe: advantage of robotic assisted thoracic surgery

Hailei Du, Hecheng Li

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Robotic-assisted McKeown esophagectomy: a safe and reliable method

Dingpei Han, Hecheng Li

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ECG Pearls

The value of learning surface ECG in the 21st century

Adrian Baranchuk, Andrés Ricardo Pérez-Riera

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Erratum

Erratum to nodal management and upstaging of disease: initial results from the Italian VATS Lobectomy Registry

Alessandro Bertani, Alessandro Gonfiotti, Mario Nosotti, Paolo Albino Ferrari, Lavinia De Monte, Emanuele Russo, Gioacchino Di Paola, Piero Solli, Andrea Droghetti, Luca Bertolaccini, Roberto Crisci, Italian VATS Group

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Erratum to highlighted version successful resection of a tracheal metastasis of rectal cancer: a case report

Editorial Team

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Disclosure:

1. The series “Cough Section” was commissioned by the Editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease without any sponsorship or funding. Peter Dicpinigaitis served as the unpaid Guest Editor for the series from March 2016 to October 2019.

2. The series “Interventional Pulmonology Corner” was commissioned by the Editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease without any sponsorship or funding. Kassem Harris served as the unpaid Guest Editor for the series.

3. 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.

4. The series “GARD Section” was commissioned by the Editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease without any sponsorship or funding. Yousser Mohammad and Alvaro A. Cruz served as the unpaid Guest Editors for the series.

5. The series “ECG Pearls” was commissioned by the Editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease without any sponsorship or funding. Adrian Baranchuk served as the unpaid Guest Editor for the series.

Vol 9, No 10 (October 31, 2017): Journal of Thoracic Disease

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