Vol 16, No 5 (May 31, 2024): Journal of Thoracic Disease

Original Article

Prevalence of carotid artery stenosis and intra-cranial lesions in patients with aortic arch aneurysm and its association with intraoperative regional cerebral oxygen saturation and postoperative neurological outcomes
Daijiro Hori, Takahiro Yamamoto, Naoyuki Kimura, Atsushi Yamaguchi
Thoracic cavity remodeling and pulmonary function change after chest wall resection
Seon Yong Bae, Ji Hyeon Park, Bubse Na, Kwon Joong Na, Samina Park, In Kyu Park, Chang Hyun Kang, Young Tae Kim
Intraprocedural computed tomography-guided navigation with ventilatory strategy for atelectasis (ICNVA): a modified electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy
Shaohua Dai, Guoqiu Xu, Zhiguo Chen, Jian Tang
Network pharmacology to explore the mechanism of traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of ground glass nodules
Feng Wang, Cui-Lian Mo, Ming Lu, Xiao-Long Deng, Jia-Ying Luo
Indeterminate pulmonary nodules and prior malignancy: survival and recurrence after surgery in newly diagnosed stage I non-small cell lung cancer
José Franco, Genaro Galán, Elvira Bondía, Irene Pastor, Andrea Calderón, Amelia Insa, Miguel Á. Mollá, Paloma Martín-Martorell, Juan A. Carbonell, Jaime Signes-Costa
Systemic immune-inflammation index in predicting hospitalized bronchiectasis exacerbation risks and disease severity
Wang Chun Kwok, Terence Chi Chun Tam, David Chi Leung Lam, Mary Sau Man Ip, James Chung Man Ho
Multimodal prehabilitation in patients with non-small cell lung cancer: a feasibility study
David W. G. ten Cate, Rosaline van den Berg, Maaike Scholten-Bakker, Charlotte J. L. Molenaar, Erik M. von Meyenfeldt, Gerrit D. Slooter, Frank J. C. van den Broek, Geertruid M. H. Marres
Pediatric vascular ring outcomes for surgically repaired vs. unoperated children: a single-center experience
Houdaïfa Ajdaa, Karlien Carbonez, Jelena Hubrechts, Catherine Barrea, Geoffroy de Beco, Mona Momeni, Alain J. Poncelet
Prevalence of concomitant aortic disease and lung cancer: an exploratory study
Edoardo Pasqui, Luca Luzzi, Elisa Lazzeri, Giulia Casilli, Giulia Ferrante, Chiara Catelli, Piero Paladini, Gianmarco de Donato
Integrated endoscopic treatment of primitive unresectable tracheal tumor: the INTACT retrospective cohort study
Alessandro Marchioni, Linda Manicardi, Roberto Tonelli, Luca Tabbì, Dario Andrisani, Antonio Lamesta, Anna Mocellin, Giulia Bruzzi, Gaia Cappiello, Alessandro Andreani, Francesco Mattioli, Pierluigi Filosso, Enrico Clini
Different treatment modalities on the prognosis of patients with stage I–IIIa small cell lung cancer: a population based study
Fangjun Chen, Zihan Wang, Xing Gu, Yihong Ni, Guangliang Qiang
The inciting factor for bradycardia in COVID-19 patients: a potential harm of steroid treatment
Misa Ogiwara, Hiroaki Ihara, Yuki Muto, Manami Haba, Hiroki Nakazawa, Saori Hotta, Hitomi Jo, Noriko Hayama, Yuichiro Honma, Sakuo Hoshi, Mitsuhiro Fujii, Kazuhisa Takahashi
Intraoperative changes in upper extremity perfusion index after thoracic paravertebral and intertransverse process block in patients undergoing lung resection surgery
Chahyun Oh, Sun Yeul Lee, Soomin Lee, Jiyong Lee, Sujin Baek, Myungjong Shin, Yooyoung Chong, Min-Woong Kang, Chaeseong Lim, Sung Joon Han, Boohwi Hong
Presurgical invasive mediastinal staging in lung cancer, unexpected N2 and long-term survival: a registry-based study with data from the Spanish group for video-assisted thoracic surgery
Iker López, Borja Aguinagalde, Iratxe Urreta, Iñigo Royo, Sergio Bolufer, Laura Sánchez, Jon Zabaleta, Arantza Fernández-Monge, Raúl Embún; on behalf of the Spanish Group for Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (GEVATS)
Thoracoscopic surgery for rare congenital pulmonary airway malformations in adults: a decade of retrospective study
Yuqing Zhao, Huimin Jia
Differentiating inflammatory and malignant pulmonary lesions on 3T lung MRI with radiomics of apparent diffusion coefficient maps and T2w derived radiomic feature maps
Laura J. Jensen, Damon Kim, Thomas Elgeti, Ingo G. Steffen, Lars-Arne Schaafs, Bernd Hamm, Sebastian N. Nagel
Factors associated with incomplete resection for large, locally invasive non-small cell lung cancer
Whitney S. Brandt, Zhizhou Yang, Brendan T. Heiden, Pamela P. Samson, Daniel Morgensztern, Saiama N. Waqar, Bryan F. Meyers, Ruben G. Nava, G. Alexander Patterson, Benjamin D. Kozower, Varun Puri
Comparison of high-flow nasal cannula with conventional oxygen therapy for preventing postoperative hypoxemia in patients with lung resection surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Xingxing Zhang, Xiaoqing Li, Yang Li, Wenchun Wang, Yun Yu
The safety and feasibility of mini-invasive Bentall surgery via right anterior mini-thoracotomy
Xin He, Fengwei Guo, Jing Li, Yongxin Li, Yang Yan
Feasibility of the modified mini-bronchoalveolar lavage techniques using a nasogastric suction catheter and polytetrafluoroethylene bronchoscopic suction catheter in diagnosing bilateral pneumonia: a pilot study
Phongsaphat Pojpanichphong, Nadwipa Yuangtrakul
Regional trends in diagnosis of advanced lung cancer in Michigan over 33 years
Hollis E. Hutchings, Sue C. Grady, Qiong Zhang, Erik Schwarze, Andrew Popoff, Kamil Khanipov, Ikenna C. Okereke
Clinical characteristics and survival of esophageal cancer patients: annual report of the surgical treatment in Shanghai Chest Hospital, 2017
Chang Yuan, Xiaolu Wu, Yuxin Yang, Zhichao Liu, Yifeng Sun, Xufeng Guo, Bin Li, Rong Hua, Yang Yang, Teng Mao, Hong Zhang, Yuchen Su, Chunguang Li, Shanshan Geng, Zhigang Li
Clinical outcomes and staff satisfaction after adoption of digital chest drainage system for minimally invasive lung resections
Benjamin A. Palleiko, Anupama Singh, Christopher Strader, Tanmay Patil, Allison Crawford, Isabel Emmerick, Feiran Lou, Karl Uy, Mark W. Maxfield
Prognostic impact of ground-glass opacity components in lung cancer with lymph node metastasis
Satoru Tamagawa, Masayuki Nakao, Katsunori Oikado, Yoshinao Sato, Kohei Hashimoto, Junji Ichinose, Yosuke Matsuura, Sakae Okumura, Yukitoshi Satoh, Mingyon Mun
The efficacy and safety of hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 prophylaxis and clinical assessment: an updated meta-analysis of randomized trials
Xudong Han, Wei Shi, Ya Yang
Association between anion gap and the 30-day mortality of patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia: a study of the MIMIC-III database
Hui Yu, Sheng Chen
mTOR inhibitors after lung transplantation: a real-life experience
Katja Schmucki, Thomas Gaisl, Patrick Hofmann, René Hage, Carolin Steinack, Thomas Hans Fehr, Silvia Ulrich, Macé M. Schuurmans
Airway stent intervention in a high-volume center: safe procedures and educational perspectives
Takuya Watanabe, Masayuki Tanahashi, Eriko Suzuki, Naoko Yoshii, Takuya Kohama, Kensuke Iguchi, Suiha Takeuchi, Minori Nakamura, Takumi Endo
CT findings, prognosis, and follow-up of pulmonary artery periadventitial hematoma with aortic dissection: a retrospective single-center study
Hirofumi Koike, Eijun Sueyoshi, Chika Somagawa, Hiroki Nagayama, Ryo Toya
Non-intubated bronchoscopic tracheobronchial surgeries with electroencephalogram-monitored intravenous anesthesia: feasibility and outcomes
Yu Fang, Ching-Kai Lin, Zong-Han Yao, Hung-Jen Fan, Ya-Jung Cheng
Erythromycin regulates peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ to ameliorate cigarette smoke-induced oxidative stress in macrophages
Qiqi Li, Yunjie Wei, Yanlin Wei, Kaiye He, Guopeng Liao, Lingyun Cheng, Meihua Li
Establishment and validation of a clinicopathological prediction model for postoperative recurrence of stage IA lung adenocarcinoma
Xin Zhang, Jie Yang, Shining Li, Yong Ao, Leqi Zhong, Xinyu Liu, Kongjia Luo, Yi Hu
Causal relationship between renal function and risk of esophageal cancer: insights from Mendelian randomization
Yi Shi, Qingyue Zeng, Shuangqing Li, Di Deng
Comparison of cardiorespiratory parameters between 6-minute walk test and 1-minute sit to stand test in young adults with post-COVID-19: follow-up 3 months
Patchareeya Amput, Puttipong Poncumhak, Saisunee Konsanit, Sirima Wongphon
Early chest tube removal within 6 hours after thoracic surgery results in improved postoperative prognosis and no adverse effects
Takahiro Homma, Hisashi Saji, Yoshifumi Shimada, Keitaro Tanabe, Koji Kojima, Hideki Marushima, Tomoyuki Miyazawa, Hiroyuki Kimura, Hiroki Sakai, Kanji Otsubo, Takayuki Hatakeyama, Tomoshi Tsuchiya
Interest of the Leicester Cough Questionnaire in predicting postoperatives complications after lung resection: LCQ-SURGE
Caroline Corbice, André Gillibert, François-Régis Sarhan, Mathieu Sarsam, Jean Selim, Benjamin Bottet, Jean-Marc Baste, Fairuz Boujibar
Risk factors for the recurrence of left atrioventricular valvular regurgitation after surgical repair of partial and transitional atrioventricular septal defect
Jiatong Li, Tan Liu, Yuji Xie, Xin Zhang, Jie Liu, Ruize Zhang, Yun Yang, Shuangshuang Zhu, Yali Yang, Jing Wang, Li Zhang, Qing Lv, Lin He, Lingyun Fang, Wenqian Wu, He Li, Yuman Li, Mingxing Xie
Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia: clinical outcomes of 60 consecutive cases
Yoshihiko Taniguchi, Toru Arai, Taisuke Tsuji, Chikatoshi Sugimoto, Kazunobu Tachibana, Masanori Akira, Yoshikazu Inoue
Diagnostic value and safety of medical thoracoscopy in undiagnosed pleural effusions—a prospective observational cohort study
Ken Junyang Goh, Carrie Kah-Lai Leong, Si Ling Young, Brian Lee Wei Chua, Jane Jing Yi Wong, Ivana Gilcrist Chiew Sian Phua, Wen Ting Lim, Devanand Anantham, Qiao Li Tan
Integrative bioinformatics approach for identifying key genes and potential therapeutic targets in the concurrent manifestation of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and pulmonary hypertension
Xi Zheng, Chenyang Zhang, Tao Yang, Zhanyang Luo, Junyi Xia, Weibin Tian, Juan Shao, Hu Zhang, Jingru Gong, Xuhui Bao
Specific sequelae symptoms of COVID-19 of Omicron variant in comparison with non-COVID-19 patients: a retrospective cohort study in Japan
Takahiro Omori, Mariko Hanafusa, Nobuyuki Kondo, Yasunari Miyazaki, Shusho Okada, Takeo Fujiwara, Jin Kuramochi
Complement activation is associated with right ventricular dysfunction and the severity of pulmonary embolism: links with prothrombotic state
Paweł Rostoff, Michał Ząbczyk, Joanna Natorska, Anetta Undas
Comparison of frailty indexes as predictors of clinical outcomes after major thoracic surgery
Sara Parini, Danila Azzolina, Fabio Massera, Christian Garlisi, Esther Papalia, Guido Baietto, Giulia Bora, Maria Giovanna Mastromarino, Michela Barini, Enrico Ruffini, Alessandro Carriero, Ottavio Rena
Anesthetic predictors for postoperative pneumonia in patients with non-small cell lung cancer
Wenzhi Zhu, Liping Zhu, Shuang Li, Xiaoyi Wang, Hongyu Tan
Value of computed tomography radiomics combined with inflammation indices in predicting the efficacy of immunotherapy in patients with locally advanced and metastatic non-small cell lung cancer
Hancheng Shao, Jun Zhu, Liang Shi, Jie Yao, Yuxuan Wang, Chonggang Ma, Andrzej Swierniak, Bin Ni
The clinical, radiological, postoperative pathological, and genetic features of nodular lung adenocarcinoma: a real-world single-center data
Weixiang Zhong, Wenshu Zhang, Lei Dai, Mingwu Chen
Increasing serum complement component 1q is associated with worse prognosis in advanced non-small cell lung cancer treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors: a single-center, retrospective study
Jiazhuo Tang, Yang Fu, Yuxiao Song, Jiaxin Yin, Jun Wang, Hugo Arasanz, Bicheng Zhang
Clinical outcomes of the type II hybrid procedure for the repair of extensive aortic arch pathology
Yuan Xue, Yeting Lou, Xiaomeng Wang, Shipan Wang, Yue Shi, Duanduan Chen, Giovanni Mariscalco, Ioannis Dimarakis, Haiyang Li, Hongjia Zhang
Effectiveness and safety of a novel modified homemade snare in retrograde percutaneous coronary intervention for chronic total occlusion lesions: a retrospective cohort study
Tao Zhang, Yuchen Zhang, Tingting Feng, Lin Zhao
Diagnostic value of contrast-enhanced ultrasonography for patent foramen ovale detection
Kun Xu, Xiaoguang Tian, Meifang Hao, Yiying Li, Jingxuan Zhang, Randolph H. L. Wong, Adrianna Othmani, Quanbin Zhang
Analysis of related factors and treatment effect of chylothorax after lung surgery
Xingyu Zhu, Xiangwei Feng, Zhengwei Huang, Wangjue Xu, Aotian Guo, Jingwei Xu, Zhao Chen, Tao Shen, Jiayu Zhou, Zhengfu He
Development and validation of a self-attention network-based algorithm to detect mediastinal lesions on computed tomography images
Sizhu Wu, Shengyu Liu, Ming Zhong, Erik R. de Loos, Marc Hartert, Álvaro Fuentes-Martín, Alessandra Lenzini, Dejian Wang, Qing Qian
Comparative outcomes of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery versus open surgery for bronchogenic cysts in adults: a retrospective cohort study
Guowen Wang, Xiang Ji, Chunyu Yao, Yiyao Jiang, Lin Wang, Chuankui Li, Tao Tao, Qicai Li, Yifan Yang, Lixiang Li, Jae Jun Kim, Gregor J. Kocher, Angelo Carretta, Savvas Lampridis, Panagiotis T. Tasoudis, Zuyi Wang, Huaguang Pan, Hanlin Fang, Renquan Zhang
Postoperative follow-up of 221 patients with infective endocarditis from Gaoligong mountain area of Yunnan in China: a retrospective, single-center, observational cohort study
Hua Li, Yaxiong Li, Zheng Jia, Le Ren, Francesco Nappi, Xiao Ma, Yu Jiang, Shen Han
Somatic KMT2D loss-of-function mutations in lung squamous cell carcinoma: a single-center cohort study
Zekui Fang, Xiping Wu, Li Xiao, Chunli Wang, Yanyan Zhao, Qingchao Zhang, Paola Anna Jablonska, Alonso La Rosa, Wolfram C. M. Dempke, Muhammad Furqan, Huizhen Fan
Performance verification of a biochemical detection system for hydrothorax and ascites and clinical diagnostic accuracy evaluation of exudate and tuberculous effusion
Junyuan Huang, Pinning Feng, Yongjiang Chen, Xi Li, Iyare Izevbaye, Weiguo Lu, Yingchun Zhou

Study Protocol

Treatment rationale and protocol design: an investigator-initiated phase II study of combination treatment of nivolumab and TM5614, a PAI-1 inhibitor for previously treated patients with non-small cell lung cancer
Takeshi Masuda, Taizo Hirata, Tomohiro Sakamoto, Yukari Tsubata, Eiki Ichihara, Toshiyuki Kozuki, Hiroyasu Shoda, Masanori Motonaga, Takako Yoshida, Miki Fukutani, Kazue Tsuji-Takayama, Atsushi Tamura, Harunobu Amagase, Hideki Fujihara, Gaku Aoki, Tomoyuki Akita, Yasushi Orihashi, Toshio Miyata, Noboru Hattori

Review Article

Application of nanomaterials in heart transplantation: a narrative review
Huaiyu Jiang, Qiang Zhao, Xiaofeng Ye
Clinically important pulmonary vascular variations: a narrative review
Maciej T. Pawlica, Karolina Buchajska, Zuzanna Gabrysz, Marcin M. Cackowski, Michał Dziedzic, Tadeusz M. Orłowski, Dariusz A. Dziedzic
Post-thoracotomy pain syndrome in the era of minimally invasive thoracic surgery
Takuro Miyazaki, Ryoichiro Doi, Keitaro Matsumoto
Lung abscess: the non-conservative management: a narrative review
Walid Hadid, Giulia Maria Stella, Ashish P. Maskey, Rabih I. Bechara, Shaheen Islam
Thoracic manifestations and respiratory function alterations in axial spondyloarthritis and newest possibilities of ultrasound to detect changes in diaphragm—a narrative review
Hana Skala Kavanagh, Jan Aksentijević, Frane Grubišić, Simeon Grazio, Marija Gomerčić Palčić
A narrative review of theophylline: is there still a place for an old friend?
Martin Scurek, Kristian Brat
Surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation in mitral valve surgery: a narrative review
Yang Zou, Ning Yang, Fangbao Ding, Yingman Wang, Ju Mei, Zhaolei Jiang
Development of neuromodulation for atrial fibrillation: a narrative review
Ning Yang, Yang Zou, Bohan Wen, Yingman Wang, Ju Mei, Zhaolei Jiang
Management of soft tissue sarcomas of the chest wall: a comprehensive overview
Lori M. van Roozendaal, Joanna W. A. M. Bosmans, Jean H. T. Daemen, Aimee J. P. M. Franssen, James van Bastelaar, Sanne M. E. Engelen, Kristien B. M. I. Keymeulen, Wolfgang W. Schmidt Aguiar, Jose Ribas Milanez de Campos, Karel W. E. Hulsewé, Yvonne L. J. Vissers, Erik R. de Loos

Editorial Commentary

Wedge resection vs. segmentectomy: when is each acceptable in early-stage lung adenocarcinoma?
Palina Woodhouse, Eric L. Grogan
Who are the real candidates for wedge resection of lung cancer?
Takayuki Kosaka, Seshiru Nakazawa, Takashi Ibe, Ken Shirabe
Pure ground-glass opacities (GGO) lung adenocarcinoma: surgical resection is curative
Kevin X. Huang, Barry C. Gibney
Striking a balance when operating for acute type A aortic dissection
Viswajit Kandula, Adham Elmously, Thomas F. X. O’Donnell, Virendra I. Patel, Hiroo Takayama
Let’s think outside of the box
Paula Duarte D’Ambrosio, Juliana Ferreira, C. Isabela Silva Muller, Paula Antonia Ugalde Figueroa
Anatomical partial lobectomy is a minimally invasive and precise procedure: beware of overuse
Junji Ichinose, Ayumi Suzuki, Yosuke Matsuura, Masayuki Nakao, Sakae Okumura, Mingyon Mun
The evolving field of sublobar resection: in search of the optimal operation or the optimal definition
Luis J. Herrera, Kojo Dadzie