Vol 10, No 4 (April 30, 2018): Journal of Thoracic Disease

Original Article

Factors associated with the prognosis and long-term survival of patients with metastatic lung adenocarcinoma: a retrospective analysis
Chen-Yang Huang, Bo-Huan Chen, Wen-Chi Chou, Cheng-Ta Yang, John Wen-Cheng Chang
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
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Clinical and molecular characteristics of unicentric mediastinal Castleman disease
Antoine Legras, Anne Tallet, Audrey Didelot, Aurélie Cazes, Claire Danel, Angela Hin, Raphaël Borie, Bruno Crestani, Yves Castier, Patrick Bagan, Françoise Le Pimpec-Barthes, Marc Riquet, Hélène Blons, Pierre Mordant
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
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:2079-2088
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Tumor-infiltrating CD45RO+ memory cells correlate with favorable prognosis in patients with lung adenocarcinoma
Zhangguo Hu, Xiang Gu, Runbo Zhong, Hua Zhong
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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:2089-2099
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A simple patient-tailored aortic arch tangential angle measuring method to achieve better clinical results for thoracic endovascular repair of type B aortic dissection
Lixin Wang, Kai Hou, Xin Xu, Bin Chen, Junhao Jiang, Zhenyu Shi, Xiao Tang, Daqiao Guo, Weiguo Fu
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
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:2100-2107
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Risk factors for primary Sjögren syndrome-associated interstitial lung disease
Yong Wang, Ziliang Hou, Meihua Qiu, Qiao Ye
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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:2108-2117
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Quantification of pleural plaques by computed tomography and correlations with pulmonary function: preliminary study
Yoon Ki Cha, Jeung Sook Kim, Jae Hyun Kwon
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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:2118-2124
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Contemporary applications of intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation for cardiogenic shock: a “real world” experience
Federico Pappalardo, Silvia Ajello, Massimiliano Greco, Małgorzata Celińska-Spodar, Michele De Bonis, Alberto Zangrillo, Andrea Montisci
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
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:2125-2134
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Novel risk factors for the healthcare associated infections (HAIs) in patients with Stanford type A aortic dissection (TAAD)
Wen-Sen Chen, Bu-Qing Ni, Song-Qin Li, Yong-Feng Shao, Wei-Hong Zhang
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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:2135-2141
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The impact of slice-reduced computed tomography on histogrambased densitometry assessment of lung fibrosis in patients with systemic sclerosis
Thi Dan Linh Nguyen-Kim, Britta Maurer, Yossra A. Suliman, Fabian Morsbach, Oliver Distler, Thomas Frauenfelder
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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:2142-2152
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Extended donor criteria in heart transplantation: a retrospective study from a single Chinese institution
Yixuan Wang, Jie Cai, Yongfeng Sun, Jing Zhang, Fei Xie, Mahmoud H. Alshirbini, Jiawei Shi, Nianguo Dong
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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:2153-2165
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Characteristics of progression to tyrosine kinase inhibitors predict overall survival in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer harboring an EGFR mutation
Feliciano Barrón, Andrés F. Cardona, Luis Corrales, Laura-Alejandra Ramirez-Tirado, Enrique Caballe-Perez, Gisela Sanchez, Diana Flores-Estrada, Zyanya Lucia Zatarain-Barrón, Oscar Arrieta, on behalf of Latin American Consortium for the Study of Lung Cancer (CLICaP)
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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:2166-2178
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A lower level of forced expiratory volume in one second predicts the poor prognosis of small cell lung cancer
Hye Seon Kang, Ah Young Shin, Chang Dong Yeo, Ju Sang Kim, Yong Hyun Kim, Jin Woo Kim, Sang Haak Lee
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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:2179-2185
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Uniport versus multiport video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in the perioperative treatment of patients with T1–3N0M0 non-small cell lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Xinyu Yang, Ming Li, Xiaodong Yang, Mengnan Zhao, Yiwei Huang, Xiyu Dai, Tian Jiang, Mingxiang Feng, Cheng Zhan, Qun Wang
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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:2186-2195
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Bronchoscopic assessment of bronchial anastomosis by visualizing local circulation status—index of hemoglobin (IHb) imaging
Takayoshi Yamamoto, Shigetoshi Yoshida, Takahiro Nakajima, Taiki Fujiwara, Hidemi Suzuki, Takekazu Iwata, Yasunori Sato, Ichiro Yoshino
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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:2196-2205
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Treatment of spontaneous esophageal rupture (Boerhaave syndrome) using thoracoscopic surgery and sivelestat sodium hydrate
Hiroshi Okamoto, Ko Onodera, Rikiya Kamba, Yusuke Taniyama, Tadashi Sakurai, Takahiro Heishi, Jin Teshima, Makoto Hikage, Chiaki Sato, Shota Maruyama, Yu Onodera, Hirotaka Ishida, Takashi Kamei
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:2206-2212
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Development of a socket-type rib coaptation device made of poly- L-lactide fibers: feasibility study in a canine model
Teruya Komatsu, Toshihiko Sato, Yasuto Sakaguchi, Yusuke Muranishi, Yojiro Yutaka, Hiroshi Date, Tatsuo Nakamura
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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:2213-2222
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The significance of perioperative coagulation and fibrinolysis related parameters after lung surgery for predicting venous thromboembolism: a prospective, single center study
Bo Tian, Chunfeng Song, Hui Li, Wenqian Zhang, Qirui Chen, Shuo Chen, Yili Fu, Xiaoxing Hu, Bin You, Tong Li, Bin Hu, Shengcai Hou
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
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Prognosis of limited resection versus lobectomy in elderly patients with invasive lung adenocarcinoma with tumor size less than or equal to 2 cm
Tianxiang Chen, Jizhuang Luo, Rui Wang, Haiyong Gu, Yu Gu, Qingyuan Huang, Yiyang Wang, Jiajie Zheng, Yunhai Yang, Heng Zhao
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
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:2231-2239
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Impact of prehabilitation on morbidity and mortality after pulmonary lobectomy by minimally invasive surgery: a cohort study
Fairuz Boujibar, Tristan Bonnevie, David Debeaumont, Michael Bubenheim, Antoine Cuvellier, Christophe Peillon, Francis-Edouard Gravier, Jean-Marc Baste
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
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:2240-2248
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Limited prognostic value of myocardial viability assessment in patients with coronary artery diseases and severe left ventricular dysfunction
Yihua Liu, Yefan Jiang, Xiaoxi Yang, Bingchuan Geng, Yi Liu, Xiaoke Shang, Jinping Liu, Xiaoli Lan, Nianguo Dong
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
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:2249-2255
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Radiomic analysis in T2W and SPAIR T2W MRI: predict treatment response to chemoradiotherapy in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
Zhen Hou, Shuangshuang Li, Wei Ren, Juan Liu, Jing Yan, Suiren Wan
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:2256-2267
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The feasibility and safety of off-pump coronary bypass surgery in emergency revascularization
Hyun-Chel Joo, Young-Nam Youn, Byung-Chul Chang, Kyung-Jong Yoo
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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Efficacy of adjuvant chemotherapy for completely resected stage IB non-small cell lung cancer: a retrospective study
Hye Jung Park, Heae Surng Park, Yoon Jin Cha, Sungsoo Lee, Hei-Cheul Jeung, Jae Yong Cho, Hyung Jung Kim, Min Kwang Byun
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
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:2279-2287
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The influence of heparin on coagulation function of patients undergoing video-assisted major thoracic surgery
Gu-Ha Alai, Han-Yu Deng, Gang Li, Jun Luo, Lun-Xu Liu, Yi-Dan Lin
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Sodium bicarbonate on severe metabolic acidosis during prolonged cardiopulmonary resuscitation: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled pilot study
Shin Ahn, Youn-Jung Kim, Chang Hwan Sohn, Dong Woo Seo, Kyoung Soo Lim, Michael W. Donnino, Won Young Kim
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Is nutritional status associated with the level of anxiety, depression and pain in patients with lung cancer?
Mariusz Chabowski, Jacek Polański, Beata Jankowska-Polańska, Dariusz Janczak, Joanna Rosińczuk
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2018;
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:2303-2310
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The alteration of T790M between 19 del and L858R in NSCLC in the course of EGFR-TKIs therapy: a literature-based pooled analysis
Hengrui Liang, Zhenkui Pan, Wei Wang, Chengye Guo, Difei Chen, Jianrong Zhang, Yiyin Zhang, Shiyan Tang, Jianxing He, Wenhua Liang, written on behalf of AME Lung Cancer Cooperative Group
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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:2311-2320
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Pregabalin as an analgesic option for patients undergoing thoracotomy: cost analysis of pregabalin versus epidural analgesia for post-thoracotomy pain relief
Noriyuki Matsutani, Hitomi Yamane, Toshiaki Suzuki, Aya Murakami, Yuri Haga, Masafumi Kawamura
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Pulmonary function changes after different extent of pulmonary resection under video-assisted thoracic surgery
Zhitao Gu, Huimin Wang, Teng Mao, Chunyu Ji, Yangwei Xiang, Yan Zhu, Ping Xu, Wentao Fang
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:2331-2337
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Early surgical treatment in patients with pulmonary embolism and thrombus-in-transit
Francisco Galeano-Valle, Pablo Demelo-Rodríguez, Irene García-Fernández-Bravo, Hugo Rodríguez-Abella, Ángela Irabien-Ortiz, Ramón Fortuny-Ribas, Jorge Del Toro-Cervera
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2018;
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:2338-2345
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Cardiac radiation dose distribution, cardiac events and mortality in early-stage lung cancer treated with stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT)
Leonid B. Reshko, Noah S. Kalman, Geoffrey D. Hugo, Elisabeth Weiss
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2018;
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Novel biologic factors correlated to visceral pleural invasion in early-stage non-small cell lung cancer less than 3 cm
Han-Yu Deng, Gang Li, Jun Luo, Guha Alai, Ze-Guo Zhuo, Yi-Dan Lin
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:2357-2364
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The diagnosis of coronary plaque stability by multi-slice computed tomography coronary angiography
Feng-Xiang Song, Jun Zhou, Jian-Jun Zhou, Yu-Xin Shi, Meng-Su Zeng, Zhi-Yong Zhang, Peng Lv, Ruo-Fan Sheng
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:2365-2376
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Total arch replacement and frozen elephant trunk for type A aortic dissection after Bentall procedure in Marfan syndrome
Yu Chen, Wei-Guo Ma, Jun Zheng, Yong-Min Liu, Jun-Ming Zhu, Li-Zhong Sun
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2018;
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Clinical evaluation of the utility of a flexible 19-gauge EBUS-TBNA needle
Tomonari Kinoshita, Hideki Ujiie, Joerg Schwock, Kosuke Fujino, Christine McDonald, Chang Young Lee, Alexander Gregor, Chung Chun Tyan, Simon Houston, Kasia Czarnecka-Kujwa, Hisao Asamura, Kazuhiro Yasufuku
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Clinical characteristics and prognosis of patients with lung adenosquamous carcinoma after surgical resection: results from two institutes
Lewei Zhu, Long Jiang, Jie Yang, Weiquan Gu, Jianxing He
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2018;
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Status of coexisting chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and its clinicopathological features in patients undergoing lung cancer surgery: a cross-sectional study of 3,006 cases
Xiang-Lin Hu, Song-Tao Xu, Xiao-Cen Wang, Dong-Ni Hou, Cui-Cui Chen, Dong Yang, Yuan- Lin Song
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2018;
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Is sternal rewiring mandatory in surgical treatment of deep sternal wound infections?
Aref Rashed, Karoly Gombocz, Nasri Alotti, Zsofia Verzar
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2018;
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Clinical characteristics, classification and surgical treatment of periductal mastitis
Yanna Zhang, Yidong Zhou, Feng Mao, Jinghong Guan, Qiang Sun
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2018;
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Induction chemoradiotherapy versus induction chemotherapy for potentially resectable stage IIIA (N2) non-small cell lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Shaodong Tong, Zhaohui Qin, Minghui Wan, Longzhen Zhang, Yan Cui, Yuanhu Yao
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2018;
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The top 2,000 cited articles in critical care medicine: a bibliometric analysis
Zhongheng Zhang, Sven Van Poucke, Hemant Goyal, Daniel D. Rowley, Ming Zhong, Nan Liu
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2018;
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Short Communication

Effects of para-toluenesulfonamide intratumoral injection on pulmonary adenoid cystic carcinoma complicating with severe central airway obstruction: a 5-year follow-up study
Wei-Jie Guan, Shi-Yue Li, Nan-Shan Zhong
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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:2448-2455
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Hungarian Marfan family with large FBN1 deletion calls attention to copy number variation detection in the current NGS era
Kálmán Benke, Bence Ágg, Janine Meienberg, Anna M. Kopps, Nathalie Fattorini, Roland Stengl, Noémi Daradics, Miklós Pólos, András Bors, Tamás Radovits, Béla Merkely, Julie De Backer, Zoltán Szabolcs, Gábor Mátyás
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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:2456-2460
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Comparison of exogenous and endogenous lipoid pneumonia: the relevance to bronchial anthracofibrosis
Chang Ho Kim, Eun Jin Kim, Jae Kwang Lim, Seung Soo Yoo, Shin Yup Lee, Seung Ick Cha, Jae Yong Park, Jaehee Lee
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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Novel method of noninvasive ventilation supported therapeutic lavage in pulmonary alveolar proteinosis proves to relieve dyspnea, normalize pulmonary function test results and recover exercise capacity: a short communication
Szymon Skoczynski, Katarzyna Wyskida, Patrycja Rzepka-Wrona, Magdalena Wyskida, Ewa Uszok-Gawel, Dawid Bartocha, Lukasz Krzych, Wladysław Pierzchala, Adam Barczyk
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2018;
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Surgical Technique

Single-stage endovascular management of complicated thoracic aorta coarctation concurrent with aortic arch aneurysm using a novel fenestration device
Jun Bai, Yandong Liu, Jie Jin, Jun Li, Xiangguo Ji, Lefeng Qu
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Guideline

Chinese expert consensus on mediastinal lymph node dissection in esophagectomy for esophageal cancer (2017 edition)
Hui Li, Wentao Fang, Zhentao Yu, Yousheng Mao, Longqi Chen, Jie He, Tiehua Rong, Chun Chen, Haiquan Chen, Keneng Chen, Ming Du, Yongtao Han, Jian Hu, Jianhua Fu, Xiaobin Hou, Taiqian Gong, Yin Li, Junfeng Liu, Shuoyan Liu, Lijie Tan, Hui Tian, Qun Wang, Jiaqing Xiang, Meiqing Xu, Xin Ye, Bin You, Renquan Zhang, Yan Zhao, on behalf of The Society of Esophageal Tumor, Chinese Anti-Cancer Association
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Review Article

Aspirin acts in esophageal cancer: a brief review
Weiming Hao, Yaxing Shen, Mingxiang Feng, Hao Wang, Miao Lin, Yong Fang, Lijie Tan
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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Lung cancer early detection and health disparities: the intersection of epigenetics and ethnicity
Lane Lerner, Robert Winn, Alicia Hulbert
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2018;
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Single-lung and double-lung transplantation: technique and tips
Lucile Gust, Xavier-Benoit D’Journo, Geoffrey Brioude, Delphine Trousse, Stephanie Dizier, Christophe Doddoli, Marc Leone, Pascal-Alexandre Thomas
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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Review Article of Interventional Pulmonology Corner1

Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction: recent updates
Anuradha Ramaswamy, Jonathan Puchalski
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iMDT Corner

Multidisciplinary team approach on a case of bilateral tension pneumothorax
Xiaodong Li, Xiaofen Su, Baofu Chen, Haijun Yao, Yuetian Yu, Xuefeng Leng, Qiang Lu, Chunguang Wang, Juanjuan Lei, Kurt Ruetzler, Hiran C. Fernando, Sebastien Gilbert, Yeung Ching, Pier Luigi Filosso, Jianfei Shen, Chengchu Zhu, Written on behalf of AME Thoracic Surgery Collaborative Group
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Case Report

Mucinous cystadenocarcinoma arising from mucinous cystadenoma of the lung: case report and review of the literature
Isabelle Moneke, Christoph Zeisel, Mirjam Elze, Benedikt Haager, Bernward Passlick, Gian Kayser
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Effective cardiac radiotherapy relieved life-threatening heart failure caused by advanced small cell lung cancer with cardiac metastasis: a case report
Chiu-Fan Chen, Min-Hsi Lin, Kuo-An Chu, Wen-Shan Liu, Shih-Hung Hsiao, Ruay-Sheng Lai
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
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A case of different EGFR mutations in surgically resected synchronous triple lung cancer
Naoki Haratake, Mitsuhiro Takenoyama, Makoto Edagawa, Shinichiro Shimamatsu, Ryo Toyozawa, Kaname Nosaki, Fumihiko Hirai, Masafumi Yamaguchi, Kenichi Taguchi, Takashi Seto, Yukito Ichinose
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
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Adenocarcinoma arising from an enteric cyst of the posterior mediastinum
Satoshi Mizoguchi, Takuro Miyazaki, Naoya Yamasaki, Tomoshi Tsuchiya, Keitaro Matsumoto, Ryotaro Kamohara, Go Hatachi, Kuniko Abe, Takeshi Nagayasu
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
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Uniportal thoracoscopy combined with laparoscopy as minimally invasive treatment of esophageal cancer
Francesco Paolo Caronia, Ettore Arrigo, Andrea Valentino Failla, Francesco Sgalambro, Giorgio Giannone, Attilio Ignazio Lo Monte, Massimo Cajozzo, Mario Santini, Alfonso Fiorelli
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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Early structural degeneration of Mitroflow aortic valve: another issue in addition to the mismatch?
Giovanni Ruvolo, Calogera Pisano, Carmela Rita Balistreri, Emiliano Maresi, Oreste Fabio Triolo, Vincenzo Argano, Carlo Bassano, Sara Rita Vacirca, Paolo Nardi, Augusto Orlandi
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
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Non-intubated anaesthetic technique in open bilobectomy in a patient with severely impaired lung function
Zsolt Szabó, Tamás Tanczos, Gábor Lebak, Zsolt Molnár, József Furák
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
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A case of malignant mesothelioma detected hydropneumothorax
Toshinari Ema, Kazuhito Funai, Akikazu Kawase, Hiroaki Oiwa, Shuhei Iizuka, Norihiko Shiiya
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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Aorta-atria-septum combined incision for aortic valve re-replacement
Yiwei Xu, Xiaofeng Ye, Zhaolong Li, Qiang Zhao
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
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:E285-E288
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Primary aortic sarcoma in arch and descending aorta: a case report and literature review
Zhi-Yuan Wu, Lin-Qian Weng, Zuo-Guan Chen, Yue-Xin Chen, Yong-Jun Li
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
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Thoracoscopic lobectomy for massive hemoptysis caused by complete pulmonary vein occlusion after radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation
Shizhao Cheng, Xike Lu, Jing Wang, Ting Liu, Xun Zhang
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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Operation for an anomalous systemic arterial supply to the left lower lobe using an anastomosis procedure in an infant
Do Wan Kim, In Seok Jeong, Ja Hae Kim, Yun Hyeon Kim, Hwa Jin Cho
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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Endostapling the aberrant artery filled with embolized coils for intralobar pulmonary sequestration: a report of two cases
Mitsuaki Sakai, Yuichiro Ozawa, Takahiro Konishi, Azusa Watanabe, Masashige Shiigai
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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:E304-E308
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Successful phased approach to a patient with synchronous traumatic descending aortic pseudoaneurysm and bronchial rupture
Jiandong Mei, Chenglin Guo, Lunxu Liu, Guowei Che, Qiang Pu
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2018;
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Meet the Professor

My Second Career: an interview with Dr. Anthony P. C. Yim
Grace S. Li
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
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Erratum

Erratum to surgical perspective on hybrid ablation for non-paroxysmal atrial fibrillation
Yuyuan Zhang, Huiming Guo
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
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1. 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.