Effect of a neutrophil elastase inhibitor on ventilator-induced lung injury in rats.

abstract：Background:Anterior mediastinal tumours account for 50% of all mediastinal masses. Surgical intervention is the standard approach for their diagnosis or treatment. Minimally invasive techniques have gained significant popularity in the last few decades due to the obvious advantages that they offer. We will describe a s...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Ferreira R,Junqueira N,Rodrigues M,Nobre Â

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The selection of appropriate recipients for lung transplantation is an evolving discipline. As experience with the procedure has developed over the last decades, the identification of transplant candidates has also changed as transplant centers strive to safely provide the therapy to as many patients possible. The Int...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Weill D

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:To improve periprocedural outcomes of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), transcatheter mechanical resection devices were tested for prior ablation of the aortic cusps. Methods:Three mechanical transcatheter resection devices were tested in a series of native porcine (n=30) and reassembled calci...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Dai H,Lutter G,Frank D,Freitag-Wolf S,Topal A,Haneya A,Sathananthan J,Puehler T

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is probably the most common respiratory disorder, with recent data from the United States and Europe suggesting that between 14% and 49% of middle-aged men have clinically significant OSA. The intimate relationship between OSA and obesity means that its prevalence will only increase as th...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Garvey JF,Pengo MF,Drakatos P,Kent BD

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Pleural effusions are common complications of various diseases. Patients with malignant pleural effusion (MPE) usually face poor prognosis and short life expectancy. Discriminating between MPE and benign pleural effusion remains to be difficult. The aim of our current study was to evaluate whether CD206+CD14...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Pei XB,Wu XZ,Yi FS,Zhai K,Shi HZ

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Emphysema causes significant morbidity and mortality, incurring both financial and psychosocial costs. Alternatives to medical therapy and surgical lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) have increased interest in bronchoscopic techniques. Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction (BLVR) is still in its infancy and additional...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Ramaswamy A,Puchalski J

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary ground-glass opacity (GGO) nodules, which do not grow remarkably, are often observed without treatment. Lung tumors coexisting with inflammation and infection are difficult to diagnose. In this paper, we describe a very rare case of a pulmonary mixed GGO nodule with pleural dissemination. In 67-year-old fema...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Shinohara S,Kuroda K,Shimokawa H,Kuwata T,Takenaka M,Chikaishi Y,Oka S,Hirai A,Imanishi N,Uramoto H,Tanaka F

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we report the case of a 42-year-old female patient who was diagnosed with hemangioma in the pericardium connected to the main pulmonary artery. Chest CT revealed a hypodense, well-marginated, mass-like lesion, probably connected to the main pulmonary artery, and multiple heterogeneous attenuations were ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Kim IS,Kim JJ,Choi SY,Jeong SC,Chang E,Kim YH

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Data on outcome of Stanford type A aortic dissection (TAAD) in Marfan syndrome (MFS) patients are limited. We investigated the full spectrum of reoperation and survival after initial surgery in MFS patients who suffered TAAD. Methods:Retrospective analysis of 85 consecutive MFS patients in one-single center...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Li N,Zhang Y,Gao Y,Bai Y,An Z,Zhang G,Han Q,Lu F,Li B,Han L,Xu Z

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To explore the incidences of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), obstructive ventilatory dysfunction, and obstructive small airway disease and their risk factors in a health check-up population, with an attempt to inform the early diagnosis and treatment of COPD. METHODS:Subjects who aged 20 years...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Xu G,Chen Z,Cao X,Wang Y,Yang P

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accurate determination of the diagnosis and the stage of lung cancer play a critical role to ensure that patients are provided the optimal treatment. However, the process is usually beyond complex. Early studies have suggested lymph nodes (LNs) >1.0 cm in size on computed tomography (CT) are considered as metastatic n...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Xia Y,Zhang B,Zhang H,Li W,Wang KP,Shen H

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previously, most studies did not discuss about the characteristics of lung-involved toxocariasis without eosinophilia. However, the patients are not always accompanied by eosinophilia, so it is necessary to learn about the clinical and radiologic features that may predict pulmonary toxocariasis without eosin...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Park BM,Jeong SO,Park HS,Jung SS,Kim SY,Kim JO,Lee JE

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In patients with prior cardiac surgery requiring re-operative coronary and valve surgery, a hybrid approach of percutaneous coronary intervention followed by minimally invasive valve surgery (PCI + MIVS) may be an alternative to the standard median sternotomy coronary artery bypass and valve surgery (CABG + ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Santana O,Xydas S,Williams RF,LaPietra A,Mawad M,Wigley JC,Beohar N,Mihos CG

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Esophagectomy is a complex surgical procedure associated with high rates of mortality and morbidity, mainly dominated by pulmonary complications. Minimally invasive approaches have been developed in order to decrease postoperative morbidity, including totally minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE) and hybrid esophagec...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Voron T,Lintis A,Piessen G

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Spread through air spaces (STAS) is reportedly a significant risk factor for recurrence and a prognostic factor in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), especially after sublobar resection. Because wedge resection (WR) is associated with insufficient margins, we hypothesized that STAS has a great...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Shiono S,Endo M,Suzuki K,Yanagawa N

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Optimal preservation of endothelial integrity of the vessels used as aortocoronary grafts is a crucial determinant of long-term clinical success of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). The purpose of this study was to evaluate an impact of two common techniques to harvest left internal thoracic artery (LI...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Puslecki M,Buczkowski P,Nowicki M,Sujka-Kordowska P,Ligowski M,Misterski M,Stefaniak S,Dąbrowski M,Dabrowska A,Bocianski M,Szarpak L,Ruetzler K,Jemielity M,Perek B

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Sarcopenia is closely associated with surgical complications in patients with certain cancers. In this study we assessed the relationship between sarcopenia and postoperative complications in patients with oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Methods:We retrospectively analysed of patients who underwent tho...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Xu J,Zheng B,Zhang S,Zeng T,Chen H,Zheng W,Chen C

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Pulmonary metastasectomy (PM) has commonly been performed in patients with controlled metastatic sarcoma. We reviewed our single-institution experience with pulmonary resections for sarcoma to analyse clinical outcome and to identify prognostic factors associated with patient survival. Methods:All sarcoma p...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Dudek W,Schreiner W,Mykoliuk I,Higaze M,Sirbu H

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The purpose of this study was to systematically assess the subjective and objective outcomes of macrolide therapy for chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS). Methods:PubMed, Embase and Cochrane databases were searched for clinical trials detailing the effects of macrolide therapy in patients with CRS and published up...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Shen S,Lou H,Wang C,Zhang L

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:In 2013, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued the concept of the ventilator-associated events (VAEs) as a quality indicator (QI) in the intensive care unit (ICU). A number of studies have been conducted in the United States and other Western countries to evaluate its practicality. Howe...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Nakahashi S,Imai H,Imanaka H,Ohshimo S,Satou T,Shima M,Yanagisawa M,Yamashita C,Ogura T,Yamada T,Shime N

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:To evaluate therapeutic efficacy of minimally invasive and small incision surgery [minimally invasive surgery (MIS)] in patients with non-flail chest rib fractures through a prospective cohort study. Methods:This study included 98 patients with non-flail chest rib fractures (≥3 displaced fractures) and 66 p...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Li Y,Gao E,Yang Y,Gao Z,He W,Zhao Y,Wu W,Zhao T,Guo X

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Differences in short-term and 1-year outcomes of percutaneous edge-to-edge mitral repair between patients with functional and degenerative mitral regurgitation (MR) remain unclear. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to investigate the safety and efficacy of MitraClip (MC) in patients with dif...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Liu XH,Shi JY,Feng XJ,Feng DC,Wang L,Pang HY,Xie HZ,Wang FF,Hsu J,Jia FW,Chen W

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes mellitus (DM) and small vessel (SV) disease are two major predictors of adverse outcome in patients treated by percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), even when last generation metallic drug-eluting stents (DES) are used. Bioresorbable scaffold (BRS) technology has been recently developed to overcome the di...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Masiero G,Mojoli M,Ueshima D,Tarantini G

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) primarily affects the lungs but due to the accompanying chronic systematic inflammation and the symptoms associated with the disease there are many extrapulmonary effects which include complex physical and metabolic adaptations. These changes have been associated with reduc...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Collins PF,Yang IA,Chang YC,Vaughan A

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primitive neuro-ectodermal tumour of the lung is an extremely rare occurrence and we hereby report a case of a neuro-ectodermal tumour of the lung which was proved by immuno-histochemical examination of the resected specimen, and he had a very aggressive pattern of behavior. ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Gaude GS,Patil P,Malur P,Annurshetru S

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of the present study was to determine the safety and feasibility of the use of laryngeal mask airway (LMA) for non-endotracheal intubated anesthesia for patients with pectus excavatum (PE) undergoing thoracoscopic Nuss procedure. METHODS:Between July 2015 and December 2015, 30 selected patients with...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Du X,Mao S,Cui J,Ma J,Zhang G,Zheng Y,Zhou H,Xie L,Zhang D,Shi R,Chen G

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of pulmonary nodules and lung cancer is rising. Some of this increase in incidence is due to improved pick up by newer imaging modalities. However, the goal is to diagnose these lesion, many of which are located in the periphery, by safe and relatively non-invasive methods. This has led to the emergence ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Goud A,Dahagam C,Breen DP,Sarkar S

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) harboring epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations often develop systemic disease progression during treatment with EGFR-tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs). Droplet digital polymerase chain reaction (ddPCR) and amplification refractory mutation system ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Li Y,Xu Y,Wu X,He C,Liu Q,Wang F

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary embolism (PE) by occlusion of the pulmonary arterial bed may lead to acute life-threatening but potentially reversible right ventricular failure, one of the most severe complications of thoracic surgery. Still, the incidence of acute pulmonary embolism after surgery is reduced by comprehensive anticoagulant ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Wang Z,Pei C,Ma L,Wang D,Zhou J,Wang W,Shen J,Xu Z,He J

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Previous retrospective study suggested that acute lung injury (ALI) is frequent (78.49%) in patients undergoing aortic dissection surgery, and accompanied by a number of untoward consequences, and even induces death. Methods:This prospective single-center cross-sectional study, registered in the ClinicalTri...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Pan X,Lu J,Cheng W,Yang Y,Zhu J,Jin M

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00