Vol 10, No 7 (July 31, 2018) - Journal of Thoracic Disease

Consensus

A consensus on the role of osimertinib in non-small cell lung cancer from the AME Lung Cancer Collaborative Group

Tao Jiang, Chunxia Su, Shengxiang Ren, Federico Cappuzzo, Gaetano Rocco, Joshua D. Palmer, Nico van Zandwijk, Fiona Blackhall, Xiuning Le, Nathan A. Pennell, Caicun Zhou, written on behalf of the AME Lung Cancer Collaborative Group

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Original Article

Accuracy of rapid on-site evaluation of endobronchial ultrasound guided transbronchial needle aspirates by respiratory registrars in training and medical scientists compared to specialist pathologists—an initial pilot study

Emily Hopkins, David Moffat, Caroline Smith, Michelle Wong, Ian Parkinson, Walter Nespolon, Jennifer Buckseall, Madeline Hill, Hubertus Jersmann, Phan Nguyen

PDF Pages: 3922-3927 Full Text (1839) Open Access

A single-institution retrospective analysis of metachronous and synchronous metastatic bronchial neuroendocrine tumors

Marta Peri, Edoardo Botteri, Eleonora Pisa, Filippo De Marinis, Antonio Ungaro, Francesca Spada, Chiara Maria Grana, Roberto Gasparri, Lorenzo Spaggiari, Nicole Romentz, Giuseppe Badalamenti, Antonio Russo, Nicola Fazio

PDF Pages: 3928-3939 Full Text (2334) Open Access

Role of 3D reconstruction in the evaluation of patients with lower segment oesophageal cancer in the evaluation of patients with lower segment oesophageal cancer

Hongfei Cai, Rui Wang, Yang Li, Xiaodong Yang, Youbin Cui

PDF Pages: 3940-3947 Full Text (2418) Open Access

Impact of previous head and neck cancer on postoperative complications after surgical resection for lung cancer: a case-control study

Guillaume Briend, Benjamin Planquette, Alain Badia, Amandine Vial, Ollivier Laccourreye, Françoise Le Pimpec-Barthes, Guy Meyer, Olivier Sanchez

PDF Pages: 3948-3956 Full Text (2061) Open Access

Seasonal and meteorological impacts on primary spontaneous pneumothorax

Hiroaki Ogata, Koichiro Matsumoto, Keita Nakatomi, Nobutaka Nakashima, Fumihiro Shoji, Hiroshi Koto

PDF Pages: 3957-3964 Full Text (2127) Open Access

Clinicopathological features of lung cancer in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Xiaoyan Liu, Yan Xu, Qing Zhou, Minjiang Chen, Hongge Liang, Jing Zhao, Wei Zhong, Mengzhao Wang

PDF Pages: 3965-3972 Full Text (2595) Open Access

Analysis of the clinicopathological characteristics and their trends among patients with lung cancer undergoing surgery in a tertiary cancer hospital of north China during 2000–2013

Xinqiang Ji, Yun Fang, Jing Liu

PDF Pages: 3973-3982 Full Text (1580) Open Access

Genetic and pharmacological inhibition of eIF4E effectively targets esophageal cancer cells and augments 5-FU’s efficacy

Jindan Kai, Yiqiao Wang, Fei Xiong, Sheng Wang

PDF Pages: 3983-3991 Full Text (2046) Open Access

Visceral pleural invasion by pulmonary adenocarcinoma ≤3 cm: the pathological correlation with pleural signs on computed tomography

Shuyi Yang, Liang Yang, Lin Teng, Shan Zhang, Yue Cui, Yukun Cao, Heshui Shi

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Bronchoplasty for treating the whole lung atelectasis caused by endobronchial tuberculosis in main bronchus

Zhongcheng Li, Guocai Mao, Qi Gui, Chengcheng Xu

PDF Pages: 4000-4005 Full Text (1988) Open Access

Changes in coagulation factor XII and its function during aortic arch surgery for acute aortic dissection—a prospective observational study

Jiachen Li, Xinliang Guan, Ou Liu, Xiaolong Wang, Yuyong Liu, Haiyang Li, Feng Lan, Ming Gong, Hongjia Zhang

PDF Pages: 4006-4016 Full Text (2043) Open Access

Perioperative nursing for immediate breast reconstruction with deep inferior epigastric perforator flap after breast cancer resection

Shufang Tan, Lifen Pan, Haixuan Zhao, Jiemin Hu, Huiyi Chen

PDF Pages: 4017-4022 Full Text (3833) Open Access

Prognostic value of immunohistochemical factors in esophageal small cell carcinoma (ESCC): analysis of clinicopathologic features of 73 patients

Yigong Zhang, Cong Li, Ming Chen

PDF Pages: 4023-4031 Full Text (2310) Open Access

The role of plasma miRNAs in the diagnosis of pulmonary nodules

Ke-Xing Xi, Xue-Wen Zhang, Xiang-Yang Yu, Wei-Dong Wang, Ke-Xiang Xi, Yong-Qiang Chen, Ying-Sheng Wen, Lan-Jun Zhang

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Outcomes of surgical aortic valve replacement for mixed aortic valve disease

Jennifer L. Philip, Tiffany Zens, Lucian Lozonschi, Nilto C. De Oliveira, Satoru Osaki, Takushi Kohmoto, Shahab A. Akhter, Paul C. Tang

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Postoperative complications and survival after surgical resection of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Sebastian Roed Rasmussen, Rikke Vibeke Nielsen, Anne-Sophie Fenger, Mette Siemsen, Hanne Berg Ravn

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Predictors of lymph node metastasis and possible selective lymph node dissection in clinical stage IA non-small cell lung cancer

Ningning Ding, Yousheng Mao, Shugeng Gao, Qi Xue, Dali Wang, Jun Zhao, Yushun Gao, Jinfeng Huang, Kang Shao, Feiyue Feng, Yue Zhao

PDF Pages: 4061-4068 Full Text (3462) Open Access

Impact of pathological complete response following neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy in esophageal cancer

Tamer Soror, Gerlinda Kho, Kuai-Le Zhao, Mahmoud Ismail, Harun Badakhshi

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Bedside sonography assessment of extravascular lung water increase after major pulmonary resection in non-small cell lung cancer patients

Lucio Cagini, Marco Andolfi, Cecilia Becattini, Maria Giovanna Ranalli, Francesco Bartolucci, Alessandra Mancuso, Jacopo Vannucci, Giancarlo Agnelli, Francesco Puma

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Benchmark values for transthoracic esophagectomy are not set as the defined “best possible”—a validation study

Olli Helminen, Johanna Mrena, Eero Sihvo

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Intraoperative computed tomography after tumor marking with metal clips for non-palpable lung tumors

Yoshimasa Tokunaga, Sung Soo Chang, Yusuke Kita, Taku Okamoto

PDF Pages: 4094-4100 Full Text (1557) Open Access

Preoperative risk assessment with computed tomography in patients undergoing lung cancer surgery

Kazuhiro Ueda, Junichi Murakami, Toshiki Tanaka, Masataro Hayashi, Kazunori Okabe, Kimikazu Hamano

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Changes of pleural pressure after thoracic surgery

Jin San Bok, Geun Dong Lee, Dong Kwan Kim, Dongjun Lim, Se Kyung Joo, Sehoon Choi

PDF Pages: 4109-4117 Full Text (2219) Open Access

Risk factors and mortality of adults with lung cancer admitted to the intensive care unit

Chih-Cheng Lai, Chung-Han Ho, Chin-Ming Chen, Shyh-Ren Chiang, Chien-Ming Chao, Wei-Lun Liu, Jhi-Joung Wang, Ching-Chieh Yang, Kuo-Chen Cheng

PDF Pages: 4118-4126 Full Text (1701) Open Access

Radical thymectomy versus conservative thymomectomy in the surgical treatment of thymic malignancies

Emanuele Voulaz, Giulia Veronesi, Maurizio Infante, Umberto Cariboni, Alberto Testori, Pierluigi Novellis, Edoardo Bottoni, Eliseo Passera, Emanuela Morenghi, Marco Alloisio

PDF Pages: 4127-4136 Full Text (3070) Open Access

Urinary circulating DNA profiling in non-small cell lung cancer patients following treatment shows prognostic potential

Tianjun Hu, Haibo Shen, Hongbo Huang, Meijun Song, Zhenghua Yang, Yingjie Zhou, Guofang Zhao

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Left ventricular strain is associated with acute postoperative refractory hypotension in patients with constrictive pericarditis and preserved ejection fraction

Fang-Fei Wang, Jeffrey Hsu, Fu-Wei Jia, Xue Lin, Qi Miao, Wei Chen, Li-Gang Fang

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Short-term and 1-year outcomes after MitraClip therapy in functional versus degenerative mitral regurgitation patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Xiao-Hang Liu, Jia-Yu Shi, Xiao-Jin Feng, Dong-Cai Feng, Lin Wang, Hai-Yu Pang, Hong-Zhi Xie, Fang-Fei Wang, Jeffrey Hsu, Fu-Wei Jia, Wei Chen

PDF Pages: 4156-4168 Full Text (3292) Open Access

ctDNA assessment of EGFR mutation status in Chinese patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer in real-world setting

Shirong Zhang, Lucheng Zhu, Xueqin Chen, Xiaochen Zhang, Enguo Chen, Hongming Fang, Yuejuan Feng, Yuping Li, Xi Wang, Zhongyu Jiang, Yina Wang, Zhihao Zhang, Huijuan He, Shenglin Ma

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A nomogram for predicting lymph node metastasis in surgically resected T1 esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Weiyu Shen, Yaxing Shen, Lijie Tan, Chenghua Jin, Yong Xi

PDF Pages: 4178-4185 Full Text (3060) Open Access

Predicting prognosis of post-chemotherapy patients with resected IIIA non-small cell lung cancer

Difan Zheng, Yiyang Wang, Yuan Li, Yihua Sun, Haiquan Chen

PDF Pages: 4186-4194 Full Text (2153) Open Access

One-stage hybrid aortic repair using the frozen elephant trunk in acute DeBakey type I aortic dissection

Nora Goebel, Ragi Nagib, Schahriar Salehi-Gilani, Samir Ahad, Marc Albert, Adrian Ursulescu, Ulrich F. W. Franke

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Long-term outcomes and prognostic factors of patients with surgically treated pulmonary atypical carcinoid tumors: our institutional experience with 68 patients

Peng Song, Ruochuan Zang, Lei Liu, Xiayimaier Dan, Shugeng Gao

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Cancerous esophageal stenosis before treatment was significantly correlated to poor prognosis of patients with esophageal cancer: a meta-analysis

Han-Yu Deng, Guha Alai, Jun Luo, Gang Li, Ze-Guo Zhuo, Yi-Dan Lin

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Lung function impairment is not associated with the severity of acute coronary syndrome but is associated with a shorter stay in the coronary care unit

Fernando Casas-Méndez, Alicia Sánchez-de-la-Torre, Joan Valls, Manuel Sánchez-de-la-Torre, Jorge Abad, Joaquin Duran-Cantolla, Valentin Cabriada, Juan Fernando Masa, Joaquin Teran, Gerard Castella, Fernando Worner, Ferran Barbé, on behalf of the Spanish Sleep Network

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Sternal resection and reconstruction for secondary malignancies

Wojciech Dudek, Waldemar Schreiner, Raymund E. Horch, Horia Sirbu

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Comparison of non-intubated versus intubated video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy for lung cancer

Zeead M. AlGhamdi, Lyfuxu Lynhiavu, Young Kyu Moon, Mi Hyoung Moon, Seha Ahn, Yunho Kim, Sook Whan Sung

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Relation between changes in red blood cell distribution width after coronary artery bypass grafting and early postoperative morbidity

Seok In Lee, So Young Lee, Chang Hyu Choi, Chul-Hyun Park, Kook Yang Park, Kuk Hui Son

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Changes in thoracic cavity dimensions of pectus excavatum patients following Nuss procedure

Eun Young Rha, Jun Hyeok Kim, Gyeol Yoo, Seha Ahn, Jun Lee, Jin Yong Jeong

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Clinicopathological characteristics and prognosis of pulmonary pleomorphic carcinoma: a population-based retrospective study using SEER data

Jiacheng Yin, Yong Yang, Ke Ma, Xiaodong Yang, Tao Lu, Shuai Wang, Yu Shi, Cheng Zhan, Yimeng Zhu, Qun Wang

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Lung ultrasound as a monitoring tool in lung transplantation in rodents: a feasibility study

Paolo Diana, Davide Zampieri, Elisa Furlani, Emanuele Pivetta, Fiorella Calabrese, Federica Pezzuto, Giuseppe Marulli, Federico Rea, Carlo Ori, Paolo Persona

PDF Pages: 4274-4282 Full Text (1659) Open Access

Outcomes of patients undergoing surgery for thymic carcinoma: a single-center experience

Yusuke Nabe, Yoshinobu Ichiki, Yukiko Fukuichi, Masataka Mori, Yohei Honda, Masatoshi Kanayama, Akihiro Taira, Shinji Shinohara, Taiji Kuwata, Masaru Takenaka, Yasuhiro Chikaishi, Soichi Oka, Ayako Hirai, Yuko Tashima, Koji Kuroda, Naoko Imanishi, Kazue Yoneda, Fumihiro Tanaka

PDF Pages: 4283-4286 Full Text (1503) Open Access

New bullae formation in the staple line increases the risk of recurrent pneumothorax following video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery bullectomy for primary spontaneous pneumothorax

Si Young Choi, Do Yeon Kim, Jong Hui Suh, Jeong Seob Yoon, Jin Yong Jeong, Chan Beom Park

PDF Pages: 4287-4292 Full Text (1427) Open Access

Preoperative peak expiratory flow (PEF) for predicting postoperative pulmonary complications after lung cancer lobectomy: a prospective study with 725 cases

Yutian Lai, Xin Wang, Pengfei Li, Jue Li, Kun Zhou, Guowei Che

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Antegrade cardioplegia as a possible cause of acute saphenous vein endothelial damage in patients undergoing on pump coronary artery bypass surgery

Ioannis Koukis, Stavros Siminelakis, Michalis Argiriou, Nikolaos Theakos, Anna Takou, George Pounis, Christos Charitos, Efstratios Apostolakis

PDF Pages: 4302-4310 Full Text (1327) Open Access

Lung decortication in phase III pleural empyema by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS)—results of a learning curve study

Martin Reichert, Bernd Pösentrup, Andreas Hecker, Winfried Padberg, Johannes Bodner

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Extracranial metastatic burden in extensive-stage small cell lung cancer: implications for prophylactic cranial irradiation

Daniel E. Oliver, Olivia G. Donnelly, G. Daniel Grass, Arash O. Naghavi, George Q. Yang, Thomas J. Dilling, Bradford A. Perez

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Interatrial block predicts atrial fibrillation in patients with carotid and coronary artery disease

Bryce Alexander, Adrian Baranchuk, Sohaib Haseeb, Henri van Rooy, Adrian Kuchtaruk, Wilma Hopman, Göksel Çinier, Marie-France Hetu, Terry Y. Li, Amer M. Johri

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Primary mediastinal seminoma

Aleksandra Napieralska, Wojciech Majewski, Wojciech Osewski, Leszek Miszczyk

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Infections after transcatheter versus surgical aortic valve replacement: mid-term results of 200 consecutive patients

Sharaf-Eldin Shehada, Daniel Wendt, Davina Peters, Fanar Mourad, Philipp Marx, Matthias Thielmann, Philipp Kahlert, Alexander Lind, Rolf-Alexander Janosi, Tienush Rassaf, Peter-Michael Rath, Martin Thoenes, Heinz Jakob, Mohamed El Gabry

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Bicuspid aortic valve with critical coarctation of the aorta: singleor two-stage operation?

Hongqiang Zhang, Kai Zhu, Shouguo Yang, Junyu Zhai, Tianyu Zhou, Xiaoning Sun, Chunsheng Wang

PDF Pages: 4353-4359 Full Text (1804) Open Access

Nationwide pulmonary function test rates in South Korean asthma patients

Joon Young Choi, Hyoung Kyu Yoon, Jae Ha Lee, Kwang Ha Yoo, Bo Yeon Kim, Hye Won Bae, Young Kyoon Kim, Chin Kook Rhee

PDF Pages: 4360-4367 Full Text (1852) Open Access

Pulmonary static inflation with 50% xenon attenuates decline in tissue factor in patients undergoing Stanford type A acute aortic dissection repair

Xudong Pan, Jiakai Lu, Weiping Cheng, Yanwei Yang, Junming Zhu, Mu Jin

PDF Pages: 4368-4376 Full Text (2015) Open Access

Effects of preventive therapy for latent tuberculosis infection and factors associated with treatment abandonment: a cross-sectional study

Huaping Huang, Guosheng Yuan, Yuhua Du, Xiaoting Cai, Junwei Liu, Chengguang Hu, Bing Liang, Guifang Hu, Xiaoping Tang, Yuanping Zhou

PDF Pages: 4377-4386 Full Text (3494) Open Access

Viral infection in community acquired pneumonia patients with fever: a prospective observational study

Ru-Jia Tao, Xiao-Li Luo, Wen Xu, Bei Mao, Ruo-Xuan Dai, Cheng-Wei Li, Li Yu, Fen Gu, Shuo Liang, Hai-Wen Lu, Ke-Bin Chen, Jiu-Wu Bai, Xiao-Bin Ji, Shu-Yi Gu, Xiao-Li Sun, Fa-Hui Dai, Ping Jiang, Wei-Jun Cao, Jin-Fu Xu

PDF Pages: 4387-4395 Full Text (4318) Open Access

Knowledge and practice of Chinese physicians toward carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae: a nationwide cross-sectional survey in top 100 hospitals

Qingfeng Shi, Jue Pan, Yuyan Ma, Bijie Hu, Xiaodong Gao

PDF Pages: 4396-4402 Full Text (2046) Open Access

The role of postoperative radiotherapy for radically resected esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a systemic review and meta-analysis

Tingting Liu, Wen Liu, Hongwei Zhang, Chengbo Ren, Jun Chen, Jun Dang

PDF Pages: 4403-4412 Full Text (2209) Open Access

Independent factors related to preoperative acute lung injury in 130 adults undergoing Stanford type-A acute aortic dissection surgery: a single-center cross-sectional clinical study

Xudong Pan, Jiakai Lu, Weiping Cheng, Yanwei Yang, Junming Zhu, Mu Jin

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Using twitch tracheal airway pressure, negative inhale forced pressure, and Medical Research Council score to guide weaning from mechanical ventilation

Qi Qing, Minyong Liang, Qingwen Sun, Bifang Xie, Chun Yang, Weibo Liang, Weiqun He, Xiaoqing Liu, Yimin Li, Rongchang Chen, Yuanda Xu

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Clinical relevance of PD-L1 and PD-L2 overexpression in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Chih-Cheng Hsieh, Han-Shui Hsu, Anna Fen-Yau Li, Yann-Jang Chen

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Short Communication

Survival of the fittest: the role of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in thoracic impalement injuries

Yu-Wei Liu, Jui-Ying Lee, Dong-Lin Tsai, Chieh-Ni Kao, Po-Chih Chang, Shah-Hwa Chou, Chao-Wen Chen

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Surgical Technique

A novel approach for the treatment of post-pneumonectomy bronchopleural fistula by using an autologous corticocancellous bone graft

Voravit Chittithavorn, Pongsanae Duangpakdee, Chareonkiat Rergkliang, Napat Preukprasert

PDF Pages: 4453-4463 Full Text (1712) Open Access

Subxiphoid pneumonectomy: the new frontier?

Jason M. Ali, Pradeep Kaul, Lei Jiang, Chenlu Yang, Jian Chen, Yunsong Zhang, Zhigong Zhang, Giuseppe Aresu

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Microinvasive segmentectomy: a case of video-assisted thoracic surgery left S⁹⁺¹⁰ segmentectomy

Liang Xue, Yunfeng Yuan

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Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic S⁸ segmentectomy and S^1a subsegmentectomy for synchronous multiple primary lung cancers

Guofei Zhang, Zipu Yu, Lian Wang, Gang Shen, Ying Chai

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Port-access thoracoscopic anatomical lung multiplex subsegmentectomy: S6b-S8a-S9a trisubsegmentectomy

Hiroyuki Oizumi, Hirohisa Kato, Jun Suzuki, Akira Hamada, Kenta Nakahashi, Takayuki Sasage, Mitsuaki Sadahiro

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Video-assisted thoracoscopic left upper lobectomy and bronchoand- angioplasty for a giant central lung cancer complicated with intratumoral abscess: one case report

Guang-Jie Hou, Yi He, Pu Zhao

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Right upper sleeve lobectomy by video-assisted thoracic surgery

Juntang Guo, Yang Liu, Chaoyang Liang

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Total thoracoscopic high-position sleeve lobectomy of the right upper lobe of the lung

Desong Yang, Yong Zhou, Wenxiang Wang

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Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) lobectomy with en bloc lymphadenectomy for a large central type carcinoma at right upper lobe

Hongbo Guo, Wang Jing, Feng Chen, Hui Li, Jian Sun, Bobo Li

PDF Pages: 4498-4501 Full Text (Video) (1388) Open Access

Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery non-grasping en bloc mediastinal lymph node dissection for the right side

Lin Ma, Chengwu Liu, Jiandong Mei, Yanbo Yang, Lunxu Liu

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Review Article

Non-transfemoral access sites for transcatheter aortic valve replacement

Mariah Madigan, Rony Atoui

PDF Pages: 4505-4515 Full Text (3075) Open Access

Historical perspectives of lung transplantation: connecting the dots

Tanmay S. Panchabhai, Udit Chaddha, Kenneth R. McCurry, Ross M. Bremner, Atul C. Mehta

PDF Pages: 4516-4531 Full Text (17602) Open Access

Implications of obesity in cardiac surgery: pattern of referral, physiopathology, complications, prognosis

Luca Salvatore De Santo, Caesar Moscariello, Carlo Zebele

PDF Pages: 4532-4539 Full Text (2368) Open Access

Functional mitral regurgitation: an overview for surgical management framework

Francesco Nappi, Sanjeet Singh Avatar Singh, Orlando Santana, Christos G. Mihos

PDF Pages: 4540-4555 Full Text (4135) Open Access

The narrow path to organized LDCT lung cancer screening programs in Europe

Eugenio Paci

PDF Pages: 4556-4564 Full Text (1613) Open Access

Systematic review of inhaled corticosteroid withdrawal effects in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and comparison with two “real-life” studies

Wenjing Ye, Xuejun Guo, Tianyun Yang, Fengfeng Han

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Lung transplantation: indications and contraindications

David Weill

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Bilateral versus single lung transplantation: are two lungs better than one?

Melanie P. Subramanian, Bryan F. Meyers

PDF Pages: 4588-4601 Full Text (5264) Open Access

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection: from expert consensus statements to evidence-based medicine

Fernando Alfonso, Marcos García-Guimaraes, Teresa Bastante, Francisco de la Cuerda, Paula Antuña, Javier Cuesta, Fernando Rivero

PDF Pages: 4602-4608 Full Text (3656) Open Access

Smoking resumption after heart or lung transplantation: a systematic review and suggestions for screening and management

Patrick Hofmann, Christian Benden, Malcolm Kohler, Macé M. Schuurmans

PDF Pages: 4609-4618 Full Text (5382) Open Access

Mechanisms of tumor immunotherapy, with a focus on thoracic cancers

Simona Ferro, Veronica Huber, Licia Rivoltini

PDF Pages: 4619-4631 Full Text (2600) Open Access

Pulmonary retransplantation

Jun Yang, Xufeng Pan, Shijie Fu, Heng Zhao

PDF Pages: 4632-4636 Full Text (1931) Open Access

Application of ex vivo lung perfusion (EVLP) in lung transplantation

Xufeng Pan, Jun Yang, Shijie Fu, Heng Zhao

PDF Pages: 4637-4642 Full Text (3456) Open Access

Original Article of Air Pollution Section¹

Age modification of ozone associations with cardiovascular disease risk in adults: a potential role for soluble P-selectin and blood pressure

Drew B. Day, Merlise A. Clyde, Jianbang Xiang, Feng Li, Xiaoxing Cui, Jinhan Mo, Jicheng Gong, Charles J. Weschler, Yinping Zhang, Junfeng (Jim) Zhang

PDF Pages: 4643-4652 Full Text (3110) Open Access

Original Article of Interventional Pulmonology Corner²

Endobronchial ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration for pulmonary carcinomas genotyping: experience with 398 cases including rapid EGFR/KRAS analysis in 43 cases

Maria-Rosa Ghigna, Adrian Crutu, Valentina Florea, Séverine Feuillet-Soummer, Pierre Baldeyrou, Julien Adam, Ludovic Lacroix, Benjamin Besse, Olaf Mercier, Elie Fadel, Peter Dorfmuller, Rida El Ayoubi, Vincent Thomas de Montpréville

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Review Article of Interventional Pulmonology Corner²

Indwelling pleural catheters: complications and management strategies

Michel Chalhoub, Amina Saqib, Michael Castellano

PDF Pages: 4659-4666 Full Text (37243) Open Access

Study Protocol of GARD Section³

Integrating primary care of chronic respiratory disease, cardiovascular disease and diabetes in Brazil: Practical Approach to Care Kit (PACK Brazil): study protocol for randomised controlled trials

Max O. Bachmann, Eric D. Bateman, Rafael Stelmach, Álvaro A. Cruz, Matheus Pacheco de Andrade, Ronaldo Zonta, Jorge Zepeda, Sonia Natal, Ruth Cornick, Camilla Wattrus, Lauren Anderson, Carl Lombard, Lara R. Fairall

PDF Pages: 4667-4677 Full Text (3642) Open Access

Statistic Corner⁴

Biostatistical resources in an academic medical center

Matthew S. Thiese, Andria Thatcher, Melissa Cheng

PDF Pages: 4678-4681 Full Text (1561) Open Access

Case Report

Endobronchial anthracofibrosis: possibly a new indication of aggressive treatment for active endobronchial tuberculosis

Li Zhao, Ruijuan Guan, Hong Yu, Jieru Lin, Chunhong Peng, Hongmei Yao, Xiangyan Zhang, Xianwei Ye

PDF Pages: E511-E515 Full Text (1799) Open Access

Second ectopic recurrence of mitral valve myxomas after resection

Zhize Yuan, Haiqing Li, Anqing Chen, Qiang Zhao

PDF Pages: E516-E519 Full Text (1067) Open Access

Where are we with treatment options after first line in small cell lung cancer?—report of two opposite cases treated with CAPTEM regimen and possible perspectives

Alessio Cortellini, Antonella Dal Mas, Katia Cannita, Guido Collina, Alessandro Parisi, Francesco Pavese, Giampiero Porzio, Lucilla Verna, Corrado Ficorella

PDF Pages: E520-E525 Full Text (1568) Open Access

Squamous cell carcinoma transformation from adenocarcinoma as an acquired resistance after the EGFR TKI therapy in (EGFR-mutated) non-small cell lung cancer

Shinji Shinohara, Yoshinobu Ichiki, Yukiko Fukuichi, Yohei Honda, Masatoshi Kanayama, Akihiro Taira, Yusuke Nabe, Taiji Kuwata, Masaru Takenaka, Soichi Oka, Yasuhiro Chikaishi, Ayako Hirai, Naoko Imanishi, Koji Kuroda, Kazue Yoneda, Hirotsugu Noguchi, Fumihiro Tanaka

PDF Pages: E526-E531 Full Text (2594) Open Access

Unusual bilateral pneumothoraces due to the pleural window acting as a one-way valve

Hirofumi Suzuki, Motohiro Nishimura, Satoru Okada, Masayoshi Inoue

PDF Pages: E532-E534 Full Text (2014) Open Access

Curved section modeling-based three-dimensional printing for guiding septal myectomy

Xiaoning Sun, Hongqiang Zhang, Kai Zhu, Chunsheng Wang

PDF Pages: E535-E537 Full Text (Video) (1161) Open Access

Left atrial anomalous muscular band as incidental finding during video-assisted mitral surgery

Wael Saade, Francesco Baldascino, Antonio De Bellis, Mizar D’Abramo, Alessandra Iaccarino, Giacomo Frati, Ernesto Greco

PDF Pages: E538-E540 Full Text (2149) Open Access

Incarceration hernia of the lung after video-assisted thoracic surgery requiring emergency operation: a case report

Toshinari Ema, Kazuhito Funai, Akikazu Kawase, Hiroaki Oiwa, Shuhei Iizuka, Norihiko Shiiya

PDF Pages: E541-E543 Full Text (1523) Open Access

Intraoperative near-infrared imaging can identify subcentimeter colorectal cancer lung metastases during pulmonary metastasectomy

Andrew D. Newton, Jarrod D. Predina, Lydia G. Frenzel-Sulyok, Michael H. Shin, Yiqing Wang, Sunil Singhal

PDF Pages: E544-E548 Full Text (4272) Open Access

Fire during pulmonary bullectomy by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery

Daisuke Eriguchi, Hidenobu Takahashi, Eiji Nakajima, Osamu Uchida, Takehiko Tanaka, Kotarou Murakami, Norihiko Kawate, Norihiko Ikeda

PDF Pages: E549-E551 Full Text (1240) Open Access

A missed case of pulmonary histiocytosis in a young lung donor

Eleonora Faccioli, Marco Schiavon, Francesca Lunardi, Roberta Polverosi, Fiorella Calabrese, Federico Rea

PDF Pages: E552-E554 Full Text (1104) Open Access

Morgagni hernia repair in adult obese patient by hybrid robotic thoracic surgery

Dario Amore, Carlo Bergaminelli, Davide Di Natale, Dino Casazza, Roberto Scaramuzzi, Carlo Curcio

PDF Pages: E555-E559 Full Text (1775) Open Access

Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) causing acquired resistance to afatinib in a patient with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-mutant lung adenocarcinoma

Mau-Ern Poh, Chong-Kin Liam, Pathmanathan Rajadurai, Chee-Shee Chai

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Apatinib for EGFR-TKI and chemotherapy refractory in an advanced lung cancer patient: a case report

Ying Chen, Junping Gong, Huiming Zhou, Xiujuan Qu, Yuee Teng, Yunpeng Liu, Bo Jin

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What information could the main actors of liquid biopsy provide? —a representative case of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)

Aldo Pezzuto, Mariangela Manicone, Maria Chiara Scaini, Alberto Ricci, Salvatore Mariotta, Rita Zamarchi, Elisabetta Rossi

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Tracheo-innominate artery fistula caused by isolated innominate artery pseudo-aneurysm rupture

Sang Kwon Lee, Joo Hyung Son, Yun Seong Kim, Jong Myung Park, Do Hyung Kim

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Atypical localization of a left atrial myxoma at the free edge of mitral valve

Fabrizio Rosati, Adrian Baranchuk, Kevin Ren, Darrin M. Payne, Andrew Hamilton, Dimitri Petsikas, Gianluigi Bisleri

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Combined approach using uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in left tracheal sleeve pneumonectomy

Allan Aim, Ingemar Almre, Tõnu Vanakesa

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Accumulation of periostin in acute exacerbation of familial idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Keisuke Murata, Yasuhiko Koga, Norimitsu Kasahara, Yoshimasa Hachisu, Satoshi Nunomura, Nozomi Nakajima, Hideaki Yokoo, Kyoichi Kaira, Toshitaka Maeno, Kunio Dobashi, Kenji Izuhara, Takeshi Hisada

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A solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura for which the tumor doubling time could be calculated by computed tomography: a case report

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Letter to the Editor

Hydrocortisone plus fludrocortisone: Taichi of risk hedge for improving adults with septic shock

Wensen Chen, Yingqin Wang, Ming Zhong

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News

“Overcoming Challenges through Collaboration and Innovation”—ATCCS 2018

Feng Liu, Manting Li, Yan Wang

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Erratum

Erratum to 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

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Disclosure:

1. The series “Air Pollution” was commissioned by the Editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease without any sponsorship or funding. Junfeng (Jim) Zhang served as the unpaid Guest Editor for the series.

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 “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.

4. 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 10, No 7 (July 31, 2018): Journal of Thoracic Disease