Vol 11, No 5 (May 31, 2019) - Journal of Thoracic Disease

Xiaoyuan Wang, Hang Yin, Luquan Zhang, Dayong Zheng, Yingnan Yang, Jinfeng Zhang, Hao Jiang, Xiaodong Ling, Yanzhong Xin, Hao Liang, Chengyuan Fang, Jianqun Ma, Jinhong Zhu

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Circular RNA profiling identified as a biomarker for predicting the efficacy of Gefitinib therapy for non-small cell lung cancer

Yu-Tao Liu, Xiao-Hong Han, Pu-Yuan Xing, Xing-Sheng Hu, Xue-Zhi Hao, Yan Wang, Jun-Ling Li, Zhi-Shang Zhang, Zhi-Hao Yang, Yuan-Kai Shi

PDF Pages: 1779-1787 Full Text (2145) Open Access

Clinical factors affecting the survival of patients diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer and metastatic malignant pleural effusion, treated with hyperthermic intrathoracic chemotherapy or chemical talc pleurodesis: a monocentric, prospective, randomized trial

Athanasios Kleontas, Antonia Sioga, Niki Pandria, Nikolaos Barbetakis, Achilleas Lazopoulos, Ioannis Katsikas, Christos Asteriou, Dimitrios Paliouras, Efstathios Kamperis, Dimitrios Ikonomou, Theodora Papamitsou, Dimitrios Filippou, Chariklia Destouni, Louiza Ikonomou, Konstantinos Zarogoulidis, Kostas Papagiannopoulos

PDF Pages: 1788-1798 Full Text (2056) Open Access

Circulating miR-182-5p and miR-5187-5p as biomarkers for the diagnosis of unprotected left main coronary artery disease

Lingping Zhu, Tong Chen, Wenrui Ye, Jun-Yao Wang, Ji-Peng Zhou, Zhen-Yu Li, Chuan-Chang Li

PDF Pages: 1799-1808 Full Text (2187) Open Access

CT-based radiomics features analysis for predicting the risk of anterior mediastinal lesions

He Sui, Lin Liu, Xuejia Li, Panli Zuo, Jingjing Cui, Zhanhao Mo

PDF Pages: 1809-1818 Full Text (2272) Open Access

Paramedic-initiated helivac to tertiary hospital for primary percutaneous coronary intervention: a strategy for improving treatment delivery times

Paul Davis, Graham J. Howie, Bridget Dicker, Nicholas K. Garrett

PDF Pages: 1819-1830 Full Text (1840) Open Access

A retrospective study of low-dose apatinib combined with S-1 in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer

Tong Zhou, Changling Wu, Changsong Zhang, Peng Li, Huajie Dong, Xiaoyue Zhou, Hongjun Lu, Chuang Qi, Yang Ling

PDF Pages: 1831-1837 Full Text (1725) Open Access

Sublobar resection is associated with better perioperative outcomes in elderly patients with clinical stage I non-small cell lung cancer: a multicenter retrospective cohort study

Zhenrong Zhang, Hongxiang Feng, Heng Zhao, Jian Hu, Lunxu Liu, Yang Liu, Xiaofei Li, Lin Xu, Yin Li, Xike Lu, Xiangning Fu, Haiying Yang, Deruo Liu

PDF Pages: 1838-1848 Full Text (2791) Open Access

VEGFR endocytosis regulates the angiogenesis in a mouse model of hindlimb ischemia

Yingnan Bai, Rongle Liu, Zhixing Li, Yaqi Zhang, Xiaoyan Wang, Jian Wu, Zhuoquan Li, Sanli Qian, Bingyu Li, Zhenzhong Zhang, Abdel Hamid Fathy, Donato Cappetta, Jingmin Zhou, Yunzeng Zou, Juying Qian, Junbo Ge

PDF Pages: 1849-1859 Full Text (2295) Open Access

Robot-assisted esophagogastric reconstruction in minimally invasive Ivor Lewis esophagectomy

Zihao Wang, Hanlu Zhang, Fuqiang Wang, Yun Wang

PDF Pages: 1860-1866 Full Text (1978) Open Access

Regionalization of thoracic surgery improves short-term cancer esophagectomy outcomes

Sora Ely, Amy Alabaster, Simon K. Ashiku, Ashish Patel, Jeffrey B. Velotta

PDF Pages: 1867-1878 Full Text (2326) Open Access

Impact of resection margin length and tumor depth on the local recurrence after thoracoscopic pulmonary wedge resection of a single colorectal metastasis

Jae Ho Chung, Sung Ho Lee, Eunjue Yi, Ju Yong Lim, Jae Seung Jung, Ho Sung Son, Kyung Sun

PDF Pages: 1879-1887 Full Text (1719) Open Access

Influence of marital status in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Costanza Pellegrini, Tobias Rheude, Lukas Mahr, Teresa Trenkwalder, N. Patrick Mayr, Jonathan Michel, Heribert Schunkert, A. Markus Kasel, Michael Joner, Christian Hengstenberg, Adnan Kastrati, Oliver Husser, Thorsten Kessler

PDF Pages: 1888-1895 Full Text (1539) Open Access

In vitro potency of antipseudomonal β-lactams against blood and respiratory isolates of P. aeruginosa collected from US hospitals

Safa S. Almarzoky Abuhussain, Christina A. Sutherland, David P. Nicolau

PDF Pages: 1896-1902 Full Text (1847) Open Access

A novel risk assessment model for venous thromboembolism after major thoracic surgery: a Chinese single-center study

Bo Tian, Hui Li, Songping Cui, Chunfeng Song, Tong Li, Bin Hu

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Use of ulinastatin was associated with reduced mortality in critically ill patients with sepsis

Qiancheng Xu, Qian Yan, Shanghua Chen

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Correlation between thyroid transcription factor-1 expression, immune-related thyroid dysfunction, and efficacy of anti-programmed cell death protein-1 treatment in non-small cell lung cancer

Junji Koyama, Atsushi Horiike, Takahiro Yoshizawa, Yosuke Dotsu, Ryo Ariyasu, Masafumi Saiki, Tomoaki Sonoda, Ken Uchibori, Shingo Nishikawa, Satoru Kitazono, Noriko Yanagitani, Hironori Ninomiya, Yuichi Ishikawa, Makoto Nishio

PDF Pages: 1919-1928 Full Text (2785) Open Access

A prospective randomized comparative study of high-flow nasal cannula oxygen and non-invasive ventilation in hypoxemic patients undergoing diagnostic flexible bronchoscopy

Bancha Saksitthichok, Tananchai Petnak, Apichart So-ngern, Viboon Boonsarngsuk

PDF Pages: 1929-1939 Full Text (3251) Open Access

Risk factors for recurrence of primary spontaneous pneumothorax after thoracoscopic surgery

Hisatoshi Asano, Takashi Ohtsuka, Yuki Noda, Daiki Kato, Shohei Mori, Takeo Nakada, Hideki Matsudaira

PDF Pages: 1940-1944 Full Text (7500) Open Access

Transcatheter versus surgical aortic valve replacement in low and intermediate risk patients with severe aortic stenosis: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials and propensity score matching observational studies

Jintao Fu, Mohammad Sharif Popal, Yulin Li, Guoqi Li, Yue Qi, Fang Fang, Joey S. W. Kwong, Bin You, Xu Meng, Jie Du

PDF Pages: 1945-1962 Full Text (3439) Open Access

Pleurectomy/decortication and hyperthermic intrathoracic chemoperfusion using cisplatin and doxorubicin for malignant pleural mesothelioma

Laura V. Klotz, Michael Lindner, Martin E. Eichhorn, Uwe Grützner, Ina Koch, Hauke Winter, Teresa Kauke, Thomas Duell, Rudolf A. Hatz

PDF Pages: 1963-1972 Full Text (4140) Open Access

Clinical outcomes following an initial experience with a novel powered vascular stapler in video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomies: results of a Chinese multi-center study

Bin Qiu, Xiaozheng Kang, Ke-Neng Chen, Jian Hu, Jian Li, Liping Zeng, Elliott J. Fegelman, Michael L. Schwiers, Erin E. Creedon, Jason R. Waggoner, Ding Ding, Tengfei Yang, Shugeng Gao

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Associations between mean arterial pressure and 28-day mortality according to the presence of hypertension or previous blood pressure level in critically ill sepsis patients

Gun Tak Lee, Sung Yeon Hwang, Ik Joon Jo, Tae Rim Kim, Hee Yoon, Joo Hyun Park, Won Chul Cha, Min Seob Sim, Tae Gun Shin

PDF Pages: 1980-1988 Full Text (3876) Open Access

Stand-alone surgical ablation for atrial fibrillation: a novel bilateral double-port approach

Huiming Guo, Hongkun Qing, Yuyuan Zhang, Jian Liu, Zhao Chen, Zhongming Cao, Jindong Xu, Huanlei Huang, Yumei Xue, Xianzhang Zhan, Fangzhou Liu, Shulin Wu, Jian Zhuang

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Mechanical versus bioprosthetic valves in patients on dialysis

Patrick G. Chan, Ibrahim Sultan, Thomas G. Gleason, Forozan Navid, Arman Kilic

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Fat-free mass index is superior to body mass index as a novel risk factor for prolonged air leak complicating video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy for non-small-cell lung cancer

Shuang-Jiang Li, Zhi-Qiang Wang, Wen-Biao Zhang, Yong-Jiang Li, Shan Cheng, Guo-Wei Che, Lun-Xu Liu

PDF Pages: 2006-2023 Full Text (1882) Open Access

Long-term impact of complications after lung resections in non-small cell lung cancer

Shuichi Shinohara, Kenichi Kobayashi, Chinatsu Kasahara, Takamitsu Onitsuka, Masaki Matsuo, Makoto Nakagawa, Masakazu Sugaya

PDF Pages: 2024-2033 Full Text (2451) Open Access

Accuracy of qSOFA for the diagnosis of sepsis-3: a secondary analysis of a population-based cohort study

Hongcheng Tian, Jianfang Zhou, Li Weng, Xiaoyun Hu, Jinmin Peng, Chunyao Wang, Wei Jiang, Xueping Du, Xiuming Xi, Youzhong An, Meili Duan, Bin Du, for China Critical Care Clinical Trials Group (CCCCTG)

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Trophinin-associated protein expression is an independent prognostic biomarker in lung adenocarcinoma

Zhao Chen, Yuhan Zhou, Raojun Luo, Kai Liu, Zhoumiao Chen

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Prognosis of patients with acute respiratory failure and prolonged intensive care unit stay

Chih-Cheng Lai, Kuei-Ling Tseng, Chung-Han Ho, Shyh-Ren Chiang, Chin-Ming Chen, Khee-Siang Chan, Chien-Ming Chao, Shu-Chen Hsing, Kuo-Chen Cheng

PDF Pages: 2051-2057 Full Text (4297) Open Access

Application of the IQQA-3D imaging interpretation and analysis system in uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic anatomical segmentectomy: a series study

Guobing Xu, Chun Chen, Wei Zheng, Yong Zhu, Hao Chen, Bingqiang Cai

PDF Pages: 2058-2066 Full Text (1840) Open Access

Wide phenotypic variability in RSPH9-associated primary ciliary dyskinesia: review of a case-series from Cyprus

Panayiotis K. Yiallouros, Panayiotis Kouis, Panayiota Pirpa, Kyriaki Michailidou, Maria A. Loizidou, Louiza Potamiti, Margarita Kalyva, Giorgos Koutras, Kyriacos Kyriacou, Andreas Hadjisavvas

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Performance of the EuroSCORE II and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons score in patients undergoing aortic valve replacement for aortic stenosis

Piotr Duchnowski, Tomasz Hryniewiecki, Mariusz Kuśmierczyk, Piotr Szymanski

PDF Pages: 2076-2081 Full Text (3883) Open Access

Comparing the diagnostic value of ¹⁸F-FDG-PET/CT versus CT for differentiating benign and malignant solitary pulmonary nodules: a meta-analysis

Yuzhu Jia, Wanfeng Gong, Zhiping Zhang, Gaofeng Tu, Jiapeng Li, Fanfan Xiong, Hongtao Hou, Yunyi Zhang, Meiqian Wu, Liping Zhang

PDF Pages: 2082-2098 Full Text (3510) Open Access

Short Communication

Radical radiotherapy for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer—what’s up with arm positioning?

Donna H. Murrell, Scott J. Karnas, Mark T. Corkum, Scott Hipwell, David A. Palma, George Rodrigues, Alexander V. Louie

PDF Pages: 2099-2104 Full Text (1990) Open Access

Surgical Technique

Upper-esophageal inflammatory pseudotumor associated with middle-esophageal diverticulum: a case report

Jian Li, Yingmei Jiang, Yongxiang Song, Gang Xu

PDF Pages: 2105-2107 Full Text (1274) Open Access

Pulmonary arteriovenous fistula: a rare cause of spontaneous hemothorax

Jian Li, Yingmei Jiang, Yongxiang Song, Gang Xu

PDF Pages: 2108-2110 Full Text (2213) Open Access

Review Article

Current management and perspectives in the treatment of ventricular assist device-specific infections

Mosab Al Shakaki, Heinrich Rotering, Stefano Mastrobuoni, Henryk Welp, Angelo M. Dell’Aquila

PDF Pages: 2111-2116 Full Text (3428) Open Access

Changes in store for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer

Jason E. Sandler, Angelica D’Aiello, Balazs Halmos

PDF Pages: 2117-2125 Full Text (2720) Open Access

Ectopic mineralization in heart valves: new insights from in vivo and in vitro procalcific models and promising perspectives on noncalcifiable bioengineered valves

Antonella Bonetti, Maurizio Marchini, Fulvia Ortolani

PDF Pages: 2126-2143 Full Text (4230) Open Access

Simulation training for crises during venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

Simon W. C. Sin, Pauline Y. Ng, Wallace C. W. Ngai, Peter C. K. Lai, Andy Y. T. Mok, Ricky W. K. Chan

PDF Pages: 2144-2152 Full Text (4022) Open Access

Review Article of Sleep Section¹

Domiciliary use of transcutaneous electrical stimulation for patients with obstructive sleep apnoea: a conceptual framework for the TESLA home programme

Baiting He, Miral Al-Sherif, Miriam Nido, Rukiye Tas, Marianne Beach, Esther I. Schwarz, Michael Cheng, Athanasius Ishak, Kai Lee, Nimish Shah, Brian Kent, Paul Eze-John, Culadeeban Ratneswaran, Gerrard Rafferty, Adrian J. Williams, Nicholas Hart, Yuanming Luo, John Moxham, Martino Pengo, Joerg Steier, on behalf of the TESLA-investigator group

PDF Pages: 2153-2164 Full Text (5178) Open Access

Perspective of Interventional Pulmonology Corner²

Perspective on airway stenting in inoperable patients with tracheoesophageal fistula after curative-intent treatment for esophageal cancer

Udit Chaddha, D. Kyle Hogarth, Septimiu Murgu

PDF Pages: 2165-2174 Full Text (3035) Open Access

Original Article of Interventional Pulmonology Corner²

Age is an independent predictor in pathological diagnosis of sarcoidosis: a retrospective analysis of diagnosis by endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration

Eriko Kuwasaki, Tetsutaro Nagaoka, Hiroaki Ihara, Takeo Tsutsumi, Ai Nakamura, Hitomi Yoshikawa, Takashi Yoshida, Junko Watanabe, Masako Ichikawa, Ryo Koyama, Naoko Shimada, Kazuhisa Takahashi

PDF Pages: 2175-2180 Full Text (1824) Open Access

Letter to the Editor

Invited author response to editorials on liposomal bupivacaine in minimally-invasive thoracic surgery: the judge is in favor but the jury is still out

Sora Ely, Dana A. Dominguez, Jeffrey B. Velotta

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Comment from the authors: the tests combination in patients with lung cancer and malignant pleural effusion

Clement Brun, Pierre Gay, Michele Cottier, Georgia Karpathiou, Arnaud Patoir, Olivier Tiffet, Fabrice-Guy Barral, Jean-Michel Vergnon, Marios E. Froudarakis

PDF Pages: E74-E75 Full Text (1251) Open Access

Cardioplegia and myocardial protection: time for a reassessment?

Alexandro Hoyer, Philipp Kiefer, Michael Borger

PDF Pages: E76-E78 Full Text (3384) Open Access

Erratum

Erratum to volumetric analysis of the thymic epithelial tumors: correlation of tumor volume with the WHO classification and Masaoka staging

Editorial Team

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Erratum: Spread through air spaces predicts a worse survival in patients with stage I adenocarcinomas >2 cm after radical lobectomy

Lin Yang, Yikun Yang, Peiqing Ma, Bo Zheng, Wenchao Liu, Zhirong Zhang, Ningning Ding, Li Liu, Yousheng Mao, Ning Lv

PDF Pages: E80-E81 Full Text (1029) Open Access

Disclosure:

1. The series “Sleep Section” was commissioned by the Editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease without any sponsorship or funding. Walter McNicholas 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.

Vol 11, No 5 (May 31, 2019): Journal of Thoracic Disease

Editorial Commentary

Original Article