Vol 5, No 3 (June 26, 2013): Journal of Thoracic Disease

Editorial

Immediate reconstruction following nipple-sparing mastectomy: one option for young breast cancer patients with early stage disease
Rachel L. Yang, Rachel R. Kelz, Brian J. Czerniecki
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Immediate bilateral nipple-sparing mastectomy and implant-based breast reconstruction
Mark V. Schaverien
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
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:203-204
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The challenge of prognostic markers in pleural mesothelioma
Andrea Imperatori, Massimo Castiglioni, Lorenzo Mortara, Elisa Nardecchia, Nicola Rotolo
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
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:205-206
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Cost-effectiveness of transapical aortic valve implantation
Hidehiko Hara
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:207-208
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Model-based economic evaluation for medical decision making: learn from the past and prepare for the future
Feng Xie
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
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:209-210
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Reproducibility of a cardiac magnetic resonance derived myocardial perfusion reserve index
Geraint Morton
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:211-212
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Roflumilast: a green signal is yet to come
Nazir Lone, Yuji Oba
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:213-215
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Surgical resection is an effective treatment of bronchiectasis in selected patients
Tomas Gudbjartsson
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:216
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Original Article

Major morbidity after lung resection: a comparison between the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database system and the Thoracic Morbidity and Mortality system
Michele Salati, Majed Refai, Cecilia Pompili, Francesco Xiumè, Armando Sabbatini, Alessandro Brunelli
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:217-222
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Elevated high-sensitivity C-reactive protein in preterm infants with pulmonary colonization with Ureaplasma
John T. Meadows Jr, Benjamin T. Kopp, Lori A. Shook, Hubert O. Ballard, Don Hayes Jr
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:223-227
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Surgical treatment of bronchiectasis: a retrospective observational study of 138 patients
Reda E. Al-Refaie, Sameh Amer, Mohamed El-Shabrawy
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:228-233
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Evolution of transbronchial needle aspiration - a hybrid method
Yuan Zhang, Ko-Pen Wang
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:234-239
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In vitro activation of hTERT-specific T cell responses in lung cancer patients following chemotherapy
Benedikt Gahn, Matthias Staudinger, Katrin Woester, Dominique Wellnitz, Sebastian Boettcher, Martin Gramatzki, Michael Kneba
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:240-250
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Comparison of four DNA extraction methods for detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis by real-time PCR and its clinical application in pulmonary tuberculosis
Shiyang Pan, Bing Gu, Hong Wang, Zihe Yan, Peng Wang, Hao Pei, Weiping Xie, Dan Chen, Genyan Liu
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:251-257
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The relationship of coronary flow to neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio in patients undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention
Korhan Soylu, Serkan Yuksel, Okan Gulel, Ali Rıza Erbay, Murat Meric, Halit Zengin, Muhtar Museyibov, Erdogan Yasar, Sabri Demircan
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:258-264
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The use of Jackson-Pratt silicone flat drains as prolonged pleural catheters for the management of pleural effusions
Ozkan Demirhan, Tugce Kasapoglu, Ferah Ece, Alper Toker
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:265-269
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Tramadol combined with fentanyl in awake endotracheal intubation
Sai-Ying Wang, Yang Mei, Hui Sheng, Yang Li, Rui Han, Cheng-Xuan Quan, Zhong-Hua Hu, Wen Ouyang, Zhao-Qian Liu, Kai-Ming Duan
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
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:270-277
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Application of immediate breast reconstruction with silicon prosthetic implantation following bilateral mammary gland excision in treatment of young patients with early breast cancer
Xi-ru Li, Yan-jun Zhang, Jian-dong Wang, Liu-quan Cheng, Lei Liu, Jie Li, Yi-qiong Zheng, Xin Tang, Lei Liu, Ying Gao
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
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:278-282
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The diagnosis efficacy and safety of video-assisted thoracoscopy surgery (VATS) in undefined interstitial lung diseases: a retrospective study
Qun Luo, Qian Han, Xiaobo Chen, Jiaxing Xie, Lulu Wu, Rongchang Chen
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:283-288
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Restrictive pulmonary deficit is associated with inflammation in suboptimally controlled obese diabetics
Lexley M. Pinto Pereira, Terence A. R. Seemungal, Surujpal Teelucksingh, B. Shivananda Nayak
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:289-297
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Brief Report

Responsiveness to leukotriene D4 and methacholine for predicting efficacy of montelukast in asthma
Wei-Jie Guan, Jin-Ping Zheng, Yi Gao, Cai-Yu Jiang, Yan-Qing Xie, Xu Shi, Zheng Zhu, Jia-Ying An, Xin-Xin Yu, Wen-Ting Liu, Nan-Shan Zhong
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:298-301
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Is stent insertion via flexible bronchoscopy a feasible alternative to surgery in inoperable thyroid related tracheobronchial stenosis?
Emmet E. McGrath, David Warriner, Paul B. Anderson
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:302-305
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Is there a correlation between right bronchus length and diameter with age?
José Pinhata Otoch, Hélio Minamoto, Marcos Perini, Fred Olavo Carneiro, Everson Luiz de Almeida Artifon
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:306-309
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Solitary fibrous tumors of pleura and lung: report of twelve cases
Youcai Zhu, Kaiqi Du, Xiaoqian Ye, Di Song, Deyun Long
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:310-313
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Bronchoalveolar neutrophilia inversely correlates with DLCO at diagnosis in asbestosis but not lung function decline at 1 year
Gareth Walters, Sushil Agarwal, Karanvir Singh, P. Sherwood Burge, Emmet E. McGrath
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:314-316
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Sentinel lymph node mapping in patients with operable non-small cell lung cancer
Yekta Altemur Karamustafaoglu, Yener Yoruk, Fazli Yanik, Ali Sarikaya
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:317-320
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Surgical Technique

Surgical technique for lung retransplantation in the mouse
Wenjun Li, Daniel R. Goldstein, Alejandro C. Bribriesco, Ruben G. Nava, Jessica H. Spahn, Xingan Wang, Andrew E. Gelman, Alexander S. Krupnick, Daniel Kreisel
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:321-325
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Review Article

Acute respiratory distress syndrome: new definition, current and future therapeutic options
Vito Fanelli, Aikaterini Vlachou, Shirin Ghannadian, Umberto Simonetti, Arthur S. Slutsky, Haibo Zhang
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:326-334
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Statin treatment before percutaneous cononary intervention
Mario Leoncini, Anna Toso, Mauro Maioli, Francesco Tropeano, Francesco Bellandi
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:335-342
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ICC COLUMN: The Voice of the Patient1

International COPD Coalition Column: pulmonary rehabilitationreaching out to our international community
Chris Garvey, Martijn A. Spruit, Kylie Hill, Fabio Pitta, Takanobu Shioya
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:343-348
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Perspective

Tocopherols and tocotrienols as anticancer treatment for lung cancer: future nutrition
Paul Zarogoulidis, Aggeliki Cheva, Katerina Zarampouka, Haidong Huang, Chen Li, Yong Huang, Nikolaos Katsikogiannis, Konstantinos Zarogoulidis
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
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:349-352
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T1 esophageal cancer, request an endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) for in-depth review
James L. Lin
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:353-356
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Variability in quantitative cardiac magnetic resonance perfusion analysis
K. Bratis, Eike Nagel
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:357-359
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Transapical aortic valve implantation: a reasonable therapeutic option, but not the only alternative to transfemoral approach
Stephane Noble
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:360-361
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Myocardial perfusion reserve index during adenosine stress magnetic resonance for the detection of coronary artery disease - ready for prime time?
Grigorios Korosoglou, Hugo A. Katus
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:362-363
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The continual search for ideal biomarkers for mesothelioma: the hurdles
Fraser J Brims, Y C Gary Lee, Jenette Creaney
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:364-366
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Percutaneous coronary intervention, a historical perspective looking to the future
Johan Bennett, Christophe Dubois
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:367-370
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Going with the flow: how reproducible are cardiac magnetic resonance measurements of myocardial perfusion?
John Biglands, Sven Plein
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:371-372
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Value of delayed 18F-FDG PET in the diagnosis of solitary pulmonary nodule
Ali Nawaz Khan, Hamdan AL-Jahdali
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:373-374
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Images of the Issues

The value of chest tomosynthesis in locating a ground glass nodule (GGN) during endobronchial ultrasonography with a guide sheath: a case report
Takehiro Izumo, Shinji Sasada, Christine Chavez, Yuuichi Nagai, Mayumi Kitagawa, Jun Torii, Takumi Iwase, Tomohiko Aso, Yukiko Nakamura, Yasuyuki Mizumori, Chaosheng Deng, Weihua Xu, Takaaki Tsuchida, Noriyuki Moriyama
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:E75-E77
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Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor of the chest wall associated with neurofibromatosis: a case report
Chin-Chieh Hsu, Tsai-Wang Huang, Jane-Yi Hsu, Nieh Shin, Hung Chang
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:E78-E82
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Symptomatic large bilateral adrenal metastases at presentation in small-cell lung cancer: a case report and review of the literature
Navneet Singh, Karan Madan, Ashutosh N. Aggarwal, Ashim Das
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:E83-E86
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Case Report

Metachronous lung cancer that presented as bilateral synchronous lung cancer
Celalettin Ibrahim Kocaturk, Levent Cansever, Dilek Zehra Kanmaz, Mehmet Ali Bedirhan
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:E87-E89
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Atrioventricular nodal dysfunction secondary to hyperparathyroidism
Athanasios Vosnakidis, Konstantinos Polymeropoulos, Paul Zarogoulidis, Ioannis Zarifis
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:E90-E92
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Principles of biopsy in suspected lung cancer: priority still based on invasion in the era of targeted therapy?
Hua-Jun Chen, Jin-Ji Yang, Chong-Rui Xu, Yuan-Yuan Lei, Dong-Lan Luo, Hong-Hong Yan, Yi-Long Wu
Journal of Thoracic Disease  
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:E93-E97
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First case in China: Onyx for bronchial artery embolization in treatment of refractory massive hemoptysis in one case
Min Ao, Shu-Liang Guo, Xiao-Dong Zhang, You-Lun Li, Yue Li, Qi Li
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:E98-E102
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First report of a novel liquid nitrogen adjustable flow spray cryotherapy (SCT) device in the bronchoscopic treatment of disease of the central tracheo-bronchial airways
Robert Browning, Scott Parrish, Saiyad Sarkar, J. Francis Turner Jr
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:E103-E106
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Pulmonary tumor thrombotic microangiopathy from metastatic epithelioid angiosarcoma
Funda Demirag, Ebru Cakir, Ulku Yazıcı, Irfan Tastepe
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:E107-E111
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Diagnosis of systemic amyloidosis and amyloidosis mediated cardiomyopathy by VATS pleural biopsy for chronic pleural effusion
Jessica Harvey-Taylor, Yanhong Zhang, Valerie Kuderer, David T. Cooke
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:E112-E114
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Personalized alternative therapy of intractable bronchiectasis-induced hemoptysis in a patient: syndrome differentiation and treatment according to individual physique category
Zhi-Min Zhang, Pei-Hua Ren, Zhi-Juan Wu, Da-Peng Zhang, Wen-Juan Xie
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:E115-E117
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Letter to the Editor

Concurrent dengue infection in a patient with pulmonary tuberculosis: the first world report
Beuy Joob, Viroj Wiwanitkit
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:E118-E119
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Gold nanoparticle solution: An alternative tool for discriminating between pleural transudate and exudates
Beuy Joob, Viroj Wiwanitkit
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:E120
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Disclosure:

1. The series “ICC COLUMN: The Voice of the Patient” was commissioned by the Editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease without any sponsorship or funding. Lawrence Grouse served as the unpaid Guest Editor for the series.