Navigational transbronchial needle aspiration, percutaneous needle aspiration and its future.

abstract：Background:Good compliance in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is of 'paramount importance' in reducing the occurrence of acute exacerbations, hospitalisation and mortality and in improving quality of life. However, a number of studies have confirmed that long-term compliance is low and often associated wit...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： O'Hagan P,Dederichs J,Viswanad B,Gasser M,Walda S

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Double lung point is a rare sign of pneumothorax in clinical practice. In this report I presented an 18-month-old child who presented with bilateral pneumothorax. DATA SYNTHESIS AND CASE PRESENTATION:Ultrasonography examination revealed conventional lung point sign on the right and double lung point on the l...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Zhang Z

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Approximately 30% to 50% of patients will develop ischemic mitral regurgitation (MR) after a myocardial infarction, which is a result of progressive left ventricular remodeling and dysfunction of the subvalvular apparatus, and portends a poor long-term prognosis. Surgical treatment is centered on mitral valve repair u...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Mihos CG,Santana O

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three-dimensional printing (3Dp) has a broad array of medical applications and has been applied extensively in congenital heart disease given the variety and complexity of lesions encountered. 3Dps are unique when compared to other imaging modalities in that they are theoretically equally interpretable by radiologists...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Hermsen JL,Roldan-Alzate A,Anagnostopoulos PV

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Professionals in the ICU, like nurses and doctors, are constantly working on quality improvement by developing protocols and monitoring the implementation with indicators. Protocols and quality indicators are usually based on evidence. Studies on quality improvement often measure the effect of protocols after implemen...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： van der Voort PHJ

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The recommended treatment duration for non-cavitary nodular bronchiectatic (NC-NB) Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) lung disease (LD) is at least 12 months after culture conversion, but evidence supporting this is limited. This study investigated whether treatment for less than 12 months after culture conve...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Park YE,Chong YP,Kim YJ,Kim OH,Kwon BS,Shim TS,Jo KW

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Calcific aortic valve disease (CAVD) is the most common type of valvular heart disease in the elderly. This study is aimed to explore molecular mechanism of CAVD via bioinformatics analysis. Methods:The gene expression profiles of GSE51472 (including 5 normal aortic valve and 5 calcified aortic valve) and G...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Zhang Y,Ma L

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:There are several techniques for robotic-assisted pulmonary resection, depending on the number and position of ports and utility incisions. We developed a technique for three-incision robotic-assisted pulmonary resection, and here we reported our initial results. Methods:Three-incision pulmonary resection w...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Peng M,Wang X,Chen C,Tan S,Liu W,Yu F

更新日期：2020-03-01 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

abstract：:A 56-year-old male patient was admitted due to one small pulmonary nodule in the apicoposterior segment of the right upper lobe, which was found on his health screening one month ago. Preoperative examinations showed no distant metastasis, and his heart and lung functions could tolerate the lobectomy. Chest computed t...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Mei X,Li T,Xie M,Ma D

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac amyloidosis is thought to be a rare group of diseases caused by extracellular deposition of misfolded proteins in the extracellular cardiac matrix resulting in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). This review focuses on the similarities and differences between the pathophysiology, clinical p...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Halatchev IG,Zheng J,Ou J

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a disorder which afflicts a large number of individuals around the world. OSA causes sleepiness and is a major cardiovascular risk factor. Since its inception in the early 1980's, continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) has emerged as the major treatment of OSA, and it has been show...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Donovan LM,Boeder S,Malhotra A,Patel SR

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lung cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide. Considerable studies have reported that NADPH oxidase (NOX) expression or activity may play an important role in the tumorigenesis of lung cancer. However, the results are inconsistent. Thus, a systematic review and meta-analysis were conducted in this study...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Han M,Zhang T,Yang L,Wang Z,Ruan J,Chang X

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Trans-bronchoscope treatment for early stage small peripheral lung cancer, such as photodynamic therapy (PDT), has been investigated. However, despite the efficacy of PDT, light delivery issues limit its application. A method of administering mineral oil with a high refractive index (RI) was previously propo...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Chang H,Liao KS,Hsieh YS

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Persistent cardiac hypertrophy threatens health worldwide. Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) attracted lots of attention in cardiac diseases such as cardiac hypertrophy. In this study, we aimed to study the function of KCNQ1OT1 in cardiac hypertrophy. Methods:We first used qRT-PCR to detect the expression of K...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Chen Y,Zhang Z,Zhu D,Zhao W,Li F

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS) is a rare, progressive and irreversible airway disease associated with significant mortality after allogeneic hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (HSCT). In this study, we investigated the therapeutic effect of high-dose budesonide/formoterol (320/9 µg bid) in pati...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Kim KH,Lee J,Kim HJ,Lee S,Kim YJ,Lee JH,Rhee CK

更新日期：2020-08-01 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:Cervical anastomotic leakage remains a great challenge for thoracic surgeons in the surgical treatment of esophageal cancer. Among the factors affecting cervical anastomosis healing, the surgical technique is the key controllable element. This study aimed to identify the risk factors of cervical anastomotic ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Luo J,Zhuo ZG,Zhu YK,Deng HY,Song TN,Alai GH,Shen X,Lin YD

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Pulmonary mucormycosis (PM) is a relatively rare but often fatal and rapidly progressive disease. Most studies of PM are case reports or case series with limited numbers of patients, and focus on immunocompromised patients. We investigated the clinical manifestations, imaging features, treatment, and outcome...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Peng M,Meng H,Sun Y,Xiao Y,Zhang H,Lv K,Cai B

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) is associated with many cardiovascular disorders. Chronic intermittent hypoxia (CIH) is the primary player in OSAS of the many associated factors. This study was in order to investigate the effects of the Adiponectin (Ad) on left ventricular remodeling induced by CIH. ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Ding WX,Dong YB,Ding N,Zhang XF,Zhang SJ,Zhang XL,Liu JN,Lu G

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The detection rate of ground-glass opacity (GGO) in young patients has increased year by year with the increasingly widespread use of high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) and the increased resolution of HRCT imaging. However, no scholars have reported the clinical characteristics and prognosis of GGO i...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Wang J,Ma H,Ni CJ,He JK,Ma HT,Ge JF

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Interatrial block (IAB) has been previously shown to predict atrial fibrillation (AF) in cardiac populations. This study sought to evaluate the relationship between IAB and new-onset AF in a population of patients undergoing clinically indicated coronary angiography who received carotid ultrasonography. Met...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Alexander B,Baranchuk A,Haseeb S,van Rooy H,Kuchtaruk A,Hopman W,Çinier G,Hetu MF,Li TY,Johri AM

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitral valve prolapse (MVP) is a common valve abnormality in general population. Despite the general belief of a benign disorder, several articles since the 1980s report sudden cardiac death (SCD) in MVP patients, with a substantial percentage of asymptomatic young individuals. The problem is to detect those patients ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Spartalis M,Tzatzaki E,Spartalis E,Athanasiou A,Moris D,Damaskos C,Garmpis N,Voudris V

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:To review our experience of transmanubrial osteomuscular sparing approach (TMA) for resection of various lesions involving the thoracic inlet and to prove the feasibility and safety of the approach. Methods:Retrospective review of 58 consecutive cases, from April 2007 to January 2016, with surgical resectio...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Pan X,Gu C,Wang R,Zhao H,Yang J,Shi J

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) is a type of thoracic surgery performed using a small video camera that is introduced into the patient's chest via a scope. It is considered a minimally invasive technique where the surgeon is able to view the instruments that are being used along with the anatomy on which t...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Paliouras D,Barbetakis N,Lazaridis G,Baka S,Mpoukovinas I,Karavasilis V,Kioumis I,Pitsiou G,Papaiwannou A,Karavergou A,Lampaki S,Katsikogiannis N,Mpakas A,Tsakiridis K,Korantzis I,Fassiadis N,Zarogoulidis K,Zarogoulidis

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung transplantation (LTx) is routinely performed with sacrifice of the bronchial arterial circulation. We review bronchial artery anatomy and surgical technique for LTx with direct bronchial arterial revascularization (BAR). We also update the published clinical experience, including from our center, of LTx with BAR....

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Yun JJ,Unai S,Pettersson G

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery has been identified as priori choice compared with open approaches in esophageal cancer surgery. With the developments in the Da Vinci robotic system, the robot-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy (RAMIE) has been increasingly popular. However, whether RAMIE could b...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Chen J,Liu Q,Zhang X,Yang H,Tan Z,Lin Y,Fu J

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case of unusual cardiac paraganglioma (PG) initially misdiagnosed as atypical carcinoid tumor of the lung and discuss key clinical and pathologic characteristics that guide surgical management of these rare chromaffin cell tumors. A 64-year-old female with persistent cough and back pain was found to have ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Spencer D,Evans M,Wang B,Delrosario JL,Cheng T,Milliken J

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cases of tracheobronchial foreign body aspiration are frequently encountered emergency cases of childhood; and, delays in its recognition and treatment do result in serious morbidity and mortality. Diagnosis mainly relies on taking history which should indicate what the foreign body is, when it has been aspirated and ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Kendigelen P

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Esophagectomy is accompanied by a high postoperative complication rate. Minimally invasive esophageal surgery appears to be a promising technique that might be associated with a lower pulmonary morbidity rate. The objective of this study was to describe the implementation of minimally invasive esophageal sur...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Blom RL,Klinkenbijl JH,Hollmann MW,Bergman JJ,Cuesta MA,Bemelman WA,Busch OR,van Berge Henegouwen MI

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00