Vol 11, No 7 (July 31, 2019): Journal of Thoracic Disease

Editorial

Awake extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in immunosuppressed patients with severe respiratory failure—a stretch too far?
Kiran Shekar, Darryl Abrams, Matthieu Schmidt
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Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in traumatic tracheal injuries: a bold life-saving option
Vittorio Aprile, Stylianos Korasidis, Marcello Carlo Ambrogi, Marco Lucchi
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Management of non-small cell lung cancer harboring epidermal growth factor receptor mutations in the era of first-line osimertinib
Taiki Hakozaki, Yusuke Okuma
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Acute adverse drug reactions with contrast media after cardiac catheterization: can we identify those at risk?
Dhruv Mahtta, Ankur Jain, Islam Y. Elgendy
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Predicting contrast induced nephropathy in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention
Rebecca Gosling, Javaid Iqbal
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Sometimes neither water nor fire are more useful than friendship—a new risk score for prediction of contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) and long-term adverse outcomes in patients undergoing coronary angiography
Ovidio De Filippo, Fabrizio D’Ascenzo, Francesco Piroli, Carlo Budano, Gaetano Maria De Ferrari
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Acute adverse drug reactions following cardiac catheterization: evidence-based guidance for providers and systems
Spencer W. Trooboff, Alexander Iribarne
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Proportion of lung adenocarcinoma in female never-smokers has increased dramatically over the past 28 years
Cuicui Huang, Xiao Qu, Jiajun Du
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Contrast induced acute kidney injury and the role of beta-blockers in its prevention
Umberto Barbero, Mario Iannaccone, Michele De Benedictis, Baldassarre Doronzo
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Thymoma surgery: extreme surgical indications
Pierluigi Novellis, Giulia Veronesi, Zaheer Raffeeq, Marco Alloisio
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Predicting acute adverse contrast mean reactions following cardiac catheterization: a complex undertaking
Marco Di Maio, Davide Capodanno
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Original Article

Feedback on the use of three surgical sealants for preventing prolonged air leak after robot-assisted anatomical lung resection
Henri Gondé, Constance Le Gac, André Gillibert, Benjamin Bottet, Marc Laurent, Matthieu Sarsam, Charles Hervouët, Rémi Varin, Jean-Marc Baste
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Clinico-bacteriological analysis for video-assisted thoracoscopic biopsy of non-tuberculous mycobacteria
Takashi Yamamichi, Hirotoshi Horio, Ayaka Asakawa, Masayuki Okui, Masahiko Harada
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Evaluation of a novel collagen hemostatic matrix in a porcine heart and cardiac vessel injury model
Heemoon Lee, Jun Ho Lee, Chang-Seok Jeon, Jae Hyung Ko, Si-Nae Park, Young Tak Lee
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Diagnostic value of CD206+CD14+ macrophages in diagnosis of lung cancer originated malignant pleural effusion
Xue-Bin Pei, Xiu-Zhi Wu, Feng-Shuang Yi, Kan Zhai, Huan-Zhong Shi
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Diagnostic accuracy of human epididymis secretory protein 4 for lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Li Yan, Zhi-De Hu
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Thoracoscopic small pulmonary nodule detection using computed tomography-guided cutaneous marking and pleural marking
Atsushi Sekimura, Aika Funasaki, Shun Iwai, Nozomu Motono, Katsuo Usuda, Hidetaka Uramoto
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Visceral pleural invasion in T1 tumors (≤3 cm), particularly T1a, in the eighth tumor-node-metastasis classification system for non-small cell lung cancer: a population-based study
Tao Zhang, Jia-Tao Zhang, Wen-Feng Li, Jun-Tao Lin, Si-Yang Liu, Hong-Hong Yan, Jin-Ji Yang, Xue-Ning Yang, Yi-Long Wu, Qiang Nie, Wen-Zhao Zhong
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Comparison of the perioperative efficacy between single-port and two-port video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery anatomical lung resection for non-small cell lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Wenlong Yang, Guozhong Zhang, Shu Pan, Zhihao Wang, Jianfeng Li, Weidong Ren, Hongcan Shi
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Delayed traumatic diaphragmatic rupture: diagnosis and surgical treatment
Luo Zhao, Zhijun Han, Hongsheng Liu, Zhiyong Zhang, Shanqing Li
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Multiportal subxiphoid thoracoscopic major pulmonary resections
Karel Pfeuty, Bernard Lenot
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The safety and feasibility of thoracoscopic uncommon pulmonary segmentectomy
Hitoshi Igai, Mitsuhiro Kamiyoshihara, Ryohei Yoshikawa, Fumi Osawa, Tomohiro Yazawa
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A quality assessment of evidence-based guidelines for the prevention and management of ventilator-associated pneumonia: a systematic review
Kairui Wan, Hengrui Liang, Guolin Yan, Bangyu Zou, Chuxin Huang, Mei Jiang
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The characteristics of coronary-pulmonary artery fistulas and the effectivity of trans-catheter closure: a single center experience
Xin Liu, Lei Zhang, Zhiyong Qi, Mengkang Fan, Junbo Ge
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S-1 salvage chemotherapy for stage IV thymic carcinoma: a study of 44 cases
Chang-Lu Wang, Lan-Ting Gao, Chang-Xing Lv
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A prospective comparison of growth patterns with radiomorphology in 232 lung metastases—basis for patient tailored resection planning?
Nomair Issa, Elias Arfanis, Thomas Hager, Clemens Aigner, Sarah Dietz-Terjung, Dirk Theegarten, Hilmar Kühl, Stefan Welter
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Effectiveness of intraoperative administration of intermittent pneumatic compression in preventing deep vein thrombosis in lung cancer patients undergoing video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy
Xiaojun Wang, Saiqi Song, Ruijie Ni, Min Lu, Yanjun Mao
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Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for invasive pulmonary fungal infection in haematology patients
Han Ma, Jun Wang, Xiao Ma, Shiying Zheng, Haitao Ma, Jinfeng Ge
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From pullout-techniques to modular elastic stable chest repair: the evolution of an open technique in the correction of pectus excavatum
Stefan Schulz-Drost, Julia Syed, Anna-Maria Luber, Roman T. Carbon, Manuel Besendörfer
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Single-center experience of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation mainly anticoagulated with nafamostat mesilate
Woosik Han, Jin San Bok, Hyun Jin Cho, Jae Hyeon Yu, Myung Hoon Na, Shinkwang Kang, Min-Woong Kang
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A nomogram prediction model for recurrent laryngeal nerve lymph node metastasis in thoracic oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma
Yu Liu, Zhi-Qiang Zou, Juan Xiao, Mei Zhang, Lei Yuan, Xiao-Gang Zhao
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Economic variations in patterns of care and outcomes of patients receiving invasive mechanical ventilation in China: a national cross-sectional survey
Ling Liu, Zhiwei Gao, Yi Yang, Maoqin Li, Xinwei Mu, Xiaochun Ma, Guicheng Li, Wen Sun, Xue Wang, Qin Gu, Ruiqiang Zheng, Hongsheng Zhao, Jianfeng Xie, Haibo Qiu
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Expression levels of paraoxonase-1 in aortic valve tissue are associated with the progression of calcific aortic valve stenosis
Jian Song, Qiang Zheng, Xiaochun Ma, Qian Zhang, Zhenqiang Xu, Chengwei Zou, Zhengjun Wang
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First-line immune checkpoint inhibitors for advanced non-small cell lung cancer with wild-type epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) or anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK): a systematic review and network meta-analysis
Tingting Liu, Silu Ding, Jun Dang, Hui Wang, Jun Chen, Guang Li
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Clinical utility of robot-assisted transthoracic esophagectomy in advanced esophageal cancer after neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy
Jae Kwang Yun, In-Seob Lee, Chung-Sik Gong, Bum Soo Kim, Hyeong Ryul Kim, Dong Kwan Kim, Seung-Il Park, Yong-Hee Kim
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Interobserver size measurement variability in part-solid lung adenocarcinoma using pre-operative computed tomography
Kazutoshi Hamanaka, Hiroki Takayama, Tsutomu Koyama, Shunichiro Matsuoka, Tetsu Takeda, Hiroyuki Agatsuma, Kyoko Yamada, Akira Hyogotani, Satoshi Kawakami, Ken-ichi Ito
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Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for ectopic mediastinal parathyroid tumor: subxiphoid and lateral thoracic approach
Hiromitsu Nagano, Takashi Suda, Hisato Ishizawa, Takahiro Negi, Hiroshi Kawai, Toru Kawakami, Daisuke Tochii, Sachiko Tochii, Yasushi Hoshikawa
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The technique of intraoperative axillary artery cannulation for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in lung transplantation
Chao Yang, Guilin Peng, Xin Xu, Bing Wei, Hanyu Yang, Jianxing He
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Surgical technique modifies the postoperative atrioventricular block rate in sutureless prostheses
Miguel González Barbeito, Francisco Estévez-Cid, Patricia Pardo Martínez, Carlos Velasco García de Sierra, Carmen Iglesias Gil, Cristina Quiñones Laguillo, José Joaquín Cuenca Castillo
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Validation of the 8th edition of the TNM staging system in 3,950 patients with surgically resected non-small cell lung cancer
Jae Kwang Yun, Geun Dong Lee, Hyeong Ryul Kim, Yong-Hee Kim, Dong Kwan Kim, Seung-Il Park, Sehoon Choi
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Efficacy and safety of crizotinib in patients with ROS1 rearranged non-small cell lung cancer: a retrospective analysis
Ken Masuda, Yutaka Fujiwara, Yuki Shinno, Takaaki Mizuno, Jun Sato, Ryo Morita, Yuji Matsumoto, Shuji Murakami, Yasushi Goto, Shintaro Kanda, Hidehito Horinouchi, Noboru Yamamoto, Yuichiro Ohe
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Consistency of radiologists in identifying pulmonary nodules based on low-dose computed tomography
Shuai Ming, Wei Yang, Si-Jia Cui, Shuai Huang, Xiang-Yang Gong
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Clinical importance of Bcl-2-like 11 deletion polymorphism in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Kazutoshi Isobe, Takuma Issiki, Susumu Sakamoto, Go Sano, Yujiro Takai, Naobumi Tochigi, Sakae Homma
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Nomogram predicting cancer-specific mortality in patients with esophageal adenocarcinoma: a competing risk analysis
Xi-Xi Wu, Ren-Pin Chen, Rui-Cong Chen, Hong-Peng Gong, Bin-Feng Wang, Ya-Ling Li, Xin-Ran Lin, Zhi-Ming Huang
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Comprehensive analysis of EGFR T790M detection by ddPCR and ARMS-PCR and the effect of mutant abundance on the efficacy of osimertinib in NSCLC patients
Yue Li, Yuxia Xu, Xiaoyan Wu, Caiyun He, Qing Liu, Fang Wang
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miR-30b-5p acts as a tumor suppressor microRNA in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
Jianfeng Xu, Haiyan Lv, Bo Zhang, Feng Xu, Hongyu Zhu, Baofu Chen, Chengchu Zhu, Jianfei Shen
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Magnolol inhibits growth and induces apoptosis in esophagus cancer KYSE-150 cell lines via the MAP kinase pathway
Yu Chen, Kenan Huang, Xinyu Ding, Hua Tang, Zhifei Xu
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Intermediate-term outcomes after aortic valve replacement with a novel RESILIATM tissue bioprosthesis
Krzysztof Bartus, Radoslaw Litwinowicz, Agata Bilewska, Maciej Stapor, Maciej Bochenek, Jacek Rozanski, Jerzy Sadowski, Grzegorz Filip, Boguslaw Kapelak, Mariusz Kusmierczyk
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Comparing the benefits of postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy vs. observation for stage IB non-small cell lung cancer: a meta-analysis
Ranhua Li, Guixue Yang, Ye Tian, Dali Tian
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Role of miRNA-181a-2-3p in cadmium-induced inflammatory responses of human bronchial epithelial cells
Jeeyoung Kim, Dong Yeop Kim, Hye-Ryeon Heo, Sun Shim Choi, Seok-Ho Hong, Woo Jin Kim
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Acute effects of air pollutants on daily mortality and hospitalizations due to cardiovascular and respiratory diseases
Chaicharn Pothirat, Warawut Chaiwong, Chalerm Liwsrisakun, Chaiwat Bumroongkit, Athavudh Deesomchok, Theerakorn Theerakittikul, Atikun Limsukon, Pattraporn Tajarernmuang, Nittaya Phetsuk
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A new technology for reducing anastomotic fistula in the neck after esophageal cancer surgery
Ya-Nan Song, Yu Qi, Chun-Yang Zhang, Yin-Liang Sheng, Kai Wu, Sen-Lin Zhu, Lu Han, Ting-ting Shan, Guan-Chao Ye, Qing-Yi Zhang, Yan-Li Chen, Jin-Wei Chen, Ya-Fei Liu, Lu-Bing Gao, Yang Yang, Zhan-Feng He, Deng-Yan Zhu, Dong-Lei Liu, Feng-Biao Wen, Tian-Liang Zheng, Ji-Lun Li, Song Zhao
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Etiologies associated with chronic cough and its clinical characteristics in school-age children
Xingmei Yu, Lingjun Kong, Wujun Jiang, Yinfang Dai, Yuqing Wang, Li Huang, Wei Luo, Kefang Lai, Chuangli Hao
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Retrospective study of efficacy of adjuvant chemotherapy using tegafur-uracil in patients with non-small cell lung cancer with primary tumor size of 4.1–5.0 cm
Hiroyuki Adachi, Teppei Nishii, Taketsugu Yamamoto, Takuya Nagashima, Yoshihiro Ishikawa, Kohei Ando, Tekkan Woo, Takamitsu Maehara, Haruhiko Nakayama, Munetaka Masuda
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
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:3103-3111
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Long-term oncological outcome after thoracoscopic lobectomy for non-small cell lung cancer patients
Masayuki Nakao, Junji Ichinose, Yosuke Matsuura, Ken Nakagawa, Sakae Okumura, Mingyon Mun
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Review Article

Lung monitoring with electrical impedance tomography: technical considerations and clinical applications
Vinko Tomicic, Rodrigo Cornejo
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Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio as prognostic marker in esophageal cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Giovanni Pirozzolo, Suzanne S. Gisbertz, Carlo Castoro, Mark Ivo van Berge Henegouwen, Marco Scarpa
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2019;
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:3136-3145
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Pulmonary echinococcosis in China
Teng Mao, Dawa Chungda, Lhakpa Phuntsok, Tse Benjie, Tsering Dondrup, Tseten Dolma, Weijiang Li
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Anesthetic considerations for bronchoscopic procedures: a narrative review based on the Cleveland Clinic experience
Ursula Galway, Andrew Zura, Sandeep Khanna, Mi Wang, Alparslan Turan, Kurt Ruetzler
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Surgical Technique

Is arthroplasty necessary after sternoclavicular tumor resection?
Yang Li, Erji Gao, Yi Yang, Zongli Gao
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Minimally invasive McKeown esophagectomy with two-field lymph node dissection and manual cervical esophagogastric anastomosis
Fang Lv, Fan Zhang, Zheng Wang, Shugeng Gao
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Total mesoesophagus excision by thoracoscopy and laparoscopy in the radical resection of esophageal carcinoma
Zhuoyi Li, Junhui Fu, Zesen Du
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Minimally invasive esophagectomy with three fields (2.5-field and cervical-field) lymph node dissection with esophageal suspension method
Bin Zheng, Shuliang Zhang, Taidui Zeng, Wei Zheng, Chun Chen
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Electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy fluorescence localization and VATS subxiphoid bilateral wedge resection under non-intubated anesthesia
Jiaxi He, Hanyu Yang, Jianxing He, Shuben Li
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Off-pump mitral valve repair: primary result of treating moderate ischemic mitral regurgitation during off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting
Jingxing Li, Chengxiong Gu
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iMDT Corner

Cryobiopsy in the diagnosis of idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis: a case report
Aleksander Kania, Magdalena Misiaszek, Martina Vašáková, Artur Szlubowski, Antonio Bugalho, Juliusz Pankowski, Małgorzata Szołkowska, Anja C. Roden, Natalia Celejewska-Wójcik, Paweł Nastałek, Maciej Gnass, Krzysztof Sładek
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Editorial of GARD Section1

The impact of conflict on asthma
Yousser Mohammad, Grace Brough
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Review Article of Interventional Pulmonology Corner2

Pleuroscopy or video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for exudative pleural effusion: a comparative overview
Muhammad Sajawal Ali, Richard W. Light, Fabien Maldonado
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:3207-3216
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Meet the Professor

Wenlin Wang: a “weird doctor” in defiance of the Matthew effect
Reeyan Jiang, Lili Liao
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Letter to the Editor

On the ‘cusp’ of clinical feasibility: aortic wall shear stress derived non-invasively with 4D flow MRI
Emilie Bollache, Paul W. M. Fedak, Michael Markl, Alex J. Barker
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:E96-E97
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Upper lobe preservation is not a challenge
Giulio Maurizi, Beatrice Trabalza Marinucci, Erino Angelo Rendina
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2019;
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:E98-E99
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Does oxidative stress contribute to antituberculosis drug resistance?
Wing Wai Yew, Denise P. Chan, Kwok Chiu Chang, Ying Zhang
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The advantage of sleeve lobectomy over pneumonectomy
Giulio Maurizi, Anna Maria Ciccone, Erino Angelo Rendina
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Erratum

Erratum to simple pre-procedure risk stratification tool for contrast-induced nephropathy
Zhonghan Ni, Yan Liang, Nianjin Xie, Jin Liu, Guoli Sun, Shiqun Chen, Jianfeng Ye, Yibo He, Wei Guo, Ning Tan, Jiyan Chen, Yong Liu, Zhujun Chen, Shouhong Wang
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2019;
11
(7)
:E105
.
 (31 July 2019) 
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