Vol 14, No 5 (May 31, 2022): Journal of Thoracic Disease

Editorial

Intratumoral and intertumoral heterogeneity drives EGFR treatment considerations
Kevin Lu, Hatim Husain
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
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:1299-1301
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Diagnostic methods to localize pulmonary nodules and management of pleural infection after lobectomy
Duilio Divisi, Gino Zaccagna, Andrea De Vico, Stefania De Sanctis, Antonio Marella, Roberto Crisci
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(5)
:1302-1305
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Original Article

Establishing a TNM-like risk classification for metachronous second pulmonary adenocarcinoma in patients with previously resected pulmonary adenocarcinoma
Shen-Shen Fu, Yu-Zhen Zheng, Xian-Yu Qin, Xing-Ping Yang, Piao Shen, Wei-Jie Cai, Xiao-Qiang Li, Hong-Ying Liao
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(5)
:1306-1318
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Clinical characteristics and determinants of mortality in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients on an intensive care unit—a retrospective explorative 1-year all-comers study
Wiebke Brücker, Amir Abbas Mahabadi, Annette Hüschen, Jan Becker, Sebastian Daehnke, Stefan Möhlenkamp
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(5)
:1319-1331
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Leucine-rich a-2 glycoprotein as a potential biomarker of idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease with pulmonary involvement: a single-center case-control study from Japan
So Takata, Yoshito Takeda, Haruhiko Hirata, Yuya Shirai, Takayoshi Morita, Yu Futami, Yujiro Naito, Kentaro Masuhiro, Takayuki Shiroyama, Kotaro Miyake, Tetsuji Naka, Atsushi Kumanogoh
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(5)
:1332-1341
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CT-based radiomics analysis for differentiation between thymoma and thymic carcinoma
Ryosuke Ohira, Masahiro Yanagawa, Yuki Suzuki, Akinori Hata, Tomo Miyata, Noriko Kikuchi, Yuriko Yoshida, Kazuki Yamagata, Shuhei Doi, Keisuke Ninomiya, Noriyuki Tomiyama
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(5)
:1342-1352
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Ambulatory oxygen therapy with documented self-monitoring of oxygen use improves health status among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Youlim Kim, Hye Yun Park, Chin Kook Rhee, Kyung Hoon Min, Kwang Ha Yoo, Seong Yong Lim, Yee Hyung Kim, Seung Hun Jang, Ki-Suck Jung, Yong Il Hwang
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(5)
:1353-1359
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National guideline concordance and outcomes for pathologic N2 disease in non-small cell lung cancer
Brian Mitzman, Thomas K. Varghese Jr, Kristine Kuchta, Seth B. Krantz
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(5)
:1360-1373
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Prognostic value of selected platelet parameters of patients operated for non-small cell lung cancer
Mariusz Łochowski, Marek Rębowski, Justyna Chałubińska-Fendler, Izabela Zawadzka, Barbara Łochowska, Bartosz Cieślik-Wolski, Józef Kozak
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(5)
:1374-1383
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Reference equations of the impulse oscillatory in healthy Thai adults
Athavudh Deesomchok, Warawut Chaiwong, Chalerm Liwsrisakun, Sirianong Namwongprom, Chaicharn Pothirat
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(5)
:1384-1392
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Treatment of secondary pneumothorax with interstitial lung disease: the surgical indications at the start of treatment is important
Takuya Watanabe, Masayuki Tanahashi, Eriko Suzuki, Naoko Yoshii, Hiroyuki Tsuchida, Shogo Yobita, Kensuke Iguchi, Suiha Uchiyama, Minori Nakamura
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(5)
:1393-1400
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Clinical value of echocardiography in evaluating hemodynamics and right ventricular function in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension after balloon pulmonary angioplasty
Jiaxin Chen, Shangwei Ding, Chenkai Zhang, Rifei Li, Wenliang Guo, Chen Hong, Qing Tang
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(5)
:1401-1410
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Research output of artificial intelligence in arrhythmia from 2004 to 2021: a bibliometric analysis
Junlin Huang, Yang Liu, Shuping Huang, Guibao Ke, Xin Chen, Bei Gong, Wei Wei, Yumei Xue, Hai Deng, Shulin Wu
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(5)
:1411-1427
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Efficacy of dacomitinib in patients with non-small cell lung cancer carrying complex EGFR mutations: a real-world study
Hong-Shuai Li, Jun-Ling Li, Xiang Yan, Hai-Yan Xu, Li-Qiang Zhou, Xing-Sheng Hu, Yu-Ying Wang, Si-Yu Lei, Yan Wang
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(5)
:1428-1440
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Robotic versus thoracoscopic combined anatomic subsegmentectomy for early-stage lung cancer: early results of a cohort study
Zheng Jian, Chengqiang Li, Xijia Feng, Zhengxin Yin, Yichao Han, Yajie Zhang, Dingpei Han, Jie Xiang, Hecheng Li
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(5)
:1441-1449
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A novel seven-gene risk profile in BALF to identify high-risk patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Ziliang Hou, Dan Peng, Jingjing Yang, Shuai Zhang, Jinxiang Wang
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(5)
:1450-1465
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Cytoplasmic expression of G protein-coupled estrogen receptor 1 correlates with poor postoperative prognosis in non-small cell lung cancer
Zhen-Hua Li, Chang Liu, Qing-Hua Liu, Jian Wang, Ying Wang, Yan-Fei Wang, Shou-Jun Deng, Ding-Biao Li
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(5)
:1466-1477
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Comparison of laboratory parameters in mild vs. severe cases and died vs. survived patients with COVID-19: systematic review and meta-analysis
Budao Cao, Xuefen Jing, Yan Liu, Rong Wen, Cuifeng Wang
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(5)
:1478-1487
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Effect of pulmonary vein cryoballoon ablation in dogs with coolant-nitrogen
Yun Xie, Rong Guo, Meiyu Yan, Tingting Zhao, Yawei Xu, Dongdong Zhao
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(5)
:1488-1496
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The efficacy and safety of intrapleural hyperthermic perfusion in patients with malignant pleural effusion undergoing video-assisted thoracic surgery: a single-arm clinical trial
Xinxin Wang, Min Kong, Jiang Jin, Yulian Lin, Limin Jia, Minhua Ye
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(5)
:1497-1503
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Long chain noncoding RNA-ROR promotes hypoxic injury of cardiomyocytes by targeting the miR-145/HAX-1 axis
Ya Yang, Qianmei Tang, Yu Li, Lianjing Dai, Minfeng Li, Yongxin Fu
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(5)
:1504-1514
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Hemodynamic study of the effect of the geometric height of leaflets on the performance of the aortic valve under aortic valve reconstruction
Xinrui Ma, Bin Gao, Liang Tao, Jinli Ding, Shu Li, Aike Qiao, Yu Chang
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(5)
:1515-1525
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The transformation of atrial fibroblasts into myofibroblasts is promoted by trimethylamine N-oxide via the Wnt3a/β-catenin signaling pathway
Wentao Yang, Qing Zhao, Minghui Yao, Xiangdong Li, Zhaoliang Shan, Yutang Wang
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(5)
:1526-1536
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Estimation of the median effective dose and the 95% effective dose of alfentanil required to inhibit the bronchoscopy reaction during painless bronchoscopy with i-gel supraglottic airway device: an Up-and-Down Sequential Allocation Trial
Nanjin Chen, Xiaodan Wang, Lingyang Chen, Mingcang Wang, Yongpo Jiang
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(5)
:1537-1543
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Analysis of the prognostic role and biological characteristics of circulating tumor cell-associated white blood cell clusters in non-small cell lung cancer
Zheng Li, Liwen Fan, Yun Wu, Yuxu Niu, Xuelin Zhang, Bin Wang, Yuanshan Yao, Chunji Chen, Ning Qi, Daisy Dandan Wang, Peter Ping Lin, Dongfang Tang, Wen Gao
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(5)
:1544-1555
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Diagnosis for readmission of senile patients hospitalized with acute decompensated heart failure in different departments: a retrospective cross-sectional study
Zhiying Zhao, Wenyan Wang, Jing Jin, Xuemei Liu
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(5)
:1556-1562
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Sclerostin aggravates cardiac remodeling after myocardial infarction by inhibition of Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway
Shuxin Zheng, Jinyi Wei, Peipei Chen, Fangliang Chen, Guang Yang
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(5)
:1563-1577
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The sST2 level is an independent influencing factor associated with atrial fibrillation in heart failure patients: a case-control study
Xianliang Yan, Yanqing Guo, Li Li, Zhixin Wang, Zhizhong Li
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(5)
:1578-1587
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Cost-effectiveness of empagliflozin as a treatment for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction: an analysis from the Chinese healthcare perspective
Xiaohui Lin, Minhua Lin, Maobai Liu, Weiying Huang, Xuekun Nie, Zichun Chen, Bin Zheng
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(5)
:1588-1597
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Comparison of the mid-term clinical efficacy and short-term complications of Y-type coronary artery bypass grafting and sequential bypass grafting of the great saphenous vein: a retrospective cohort study
Longsheng Dai, Wenyuan Yu, Qin Li, Mingxin Gao, Chengxiong Gu, Yang Yu
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(5)
:1598-1606
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Diagnosis, clustering, and immune cell infiltration analysis of m6A-related genes in patients with acute myocardial infarction—a bioinformatics analysis
Changzai Liang, Shen Wang, Meng Zhang, Tianzhu Li
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(5)
:1607-1619
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The effectiveness of SGLT2 inhibitor in the incidence of atrial fibrillation/atrial flutter in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus/heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Miaomiao Wang, Yao Zhang, Zhiyong Wang, Danliang Liu, Shaobin Mao, Bin Liang
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(5)
:1620-1637
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Molecular clustering based on gene set expression and its relationship with prognosis in patients with lung adenocarcinoma
Baobao Xing, Lei Shi, Zhiguo Bao, Ying Liang, Bo Liu, Ruihan Liu
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(5)
:1638-1650
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Dl-3-n-butylphthalide attenuates myocardial ischemia reperfusion injury by suppressing oxidative stress and regulating cardiac mitophagy via the PINK1/Parkin pathway in rats
Dongqin Zhang, Nan Zheng, Xiaoli Fu, Jian Shi, Jun Zhang
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(5)
:1651-1662
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Study Protocol

Study design for a multicenter, randomized controlled trial evaluating the diagnostic value of ultrathin bronchoscope compared to thin bronchoscope without fluoroscopy for peripheral pulmonary lesions
Xintong Feng, Qin Zhang, Fengming Luo, Xiaoju Zhang, Lei Zhang, Fangfang Xie, Jiayuan Sun, Shiyue Li
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(5)
:1663-1673
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Review Article

A narrative review of progress in airway stents
Sen Tian, Haidong Huang, Zhenli Hu, Yuchao Dong, Chong Bai
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(5)
:1674-1683
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Immune checkpoint inhibitor-related interstitial lung disease in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer: systematic review of characteristics, incidence, risk factors, and management
Seohyun Kim, Jeong Uk Lim
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(5)
:1684-1695
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Bone metastases in non-small cell lung cancer: a narrative review
Brendan J. Knapp, Siddhartha Devarakonda, Ramaswamy Govindan
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(5)
:1696-1712
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Review Article on Thoracic Surgery Worldwide1

Thoracic surgery in Palestine
Mayar Ishaq Idkedek, Bayan Fathi Al-Qtishat, Bisanne Hamdi Shaqqura, Firas Emad Abu Akar
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(5)
:1713-1718
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Thoracic surgery in Estonia
Tanel Laisaar
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(5)
:1719-1724
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Original Article on Children's Respiratory Health and Air Quality2

Household mold exposure in association with childhood asthma and allergic rhinitis in a northwestern city and a southern city of China
Sai Li, Suzhen Cao, Xiaoli Duan, Yaqun Zhang, Jicheng Gong, Xiangyu Xu, Qian Guo, Xin Meng, Junfeng Zhang
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(5)
:1725-1737
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Editorial Commentary

Learning for the next pandemic: when high level evidence is not readily available...
Bin Du, Chunting Wang, Mervyn Singer
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
2022;
14
(5)
:1738-1743
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Disclosure:

1.The series “Thoracic Surgery Worldwide” was commissioned by the editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease without any funding or sponsorship. Alan Sihoe served as the unpaid Guest Editor for the series.

2. The series “Children’s Respiratory Health and Air Quality” was commissioned by the editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease without any funding or sponsorship. Junfeng Jim Zhang, Haidong Kan and Howard M. Kipen served as the unpaid Guest Editors for the series.