Malignant transformation of alveolar adenoma to papillary adenocarcinoma: a case report.

abstract：:We report a case of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) tracheal resection and carinal reconstruction in a patient with tracheal tumor. The patient presented with adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) of the distal trachea, extending along the right main bronchus with carinal invasion. The reconstruction procedure wa...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： He J,Wang W,Li J,Yin W,Xu X,Peng G,Chen Y,He P

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：:Sensory information arising from the airways is processed in a distributed brain network that encodes for the discriminative and affective components of the resultant sensations. These higher brain networks in turn regulate descending motor control circuits that can both promote or suppress behavioural responses. Here...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： McGovern AE,Ajayi IE,Farrell MJ,Mazzone SB

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) lobectomy has become an accepted method for the treatment of early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The standard VATS approach is an intercostal one which is often followed by postoperative pain due to injury of the intercostal nerve. The non-intercostal t...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Zieliński M,Gwozdz P,Wilkojc M,Kosinski S,Fryzlewicz E,Nabialek T,Pankowski J,Kwiatkowski R

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Consolidation durvalumab improved overall survival (OS) in locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (LA-NSCLC) treated with chemoradiotherapy (CRT) in the PACIFIC trial; however, pneumonitis was increased with durvalumab. We sought to examine real-world outcomes with the PACIFIC paradigm, especially facto...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Hassanzadeh C,Sita T,Savoor R,Samson PP,Bradley J,Gentile M,Roach M,Mohindra N,Waqar S,Kruser TJ,Robinson C

更新日期：2020-11-01 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：BACKGROUND:The feasibility and practicality of preoperative rehabilitation (PR) programs remains quite controversial in the treatment of lung cancer (LC). This study explored whether a short-term high-intensity rehabilitation program could improve postoperative outcomes compared to those achieved with conventional insp...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Huang J,Lai Y,Zhou X,Li S,Su J,Yang M,Che G

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pneumonia is considered as one of the most common and serious complications after lung resection. The purpose of this study was to identify the risk factors associated with postoperative pneumonia (POP) after lung resection and to develop a scoring system to stratify patients with increased risk of POP. MET...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Liu GW,Sui XZ,Wang SD,Zhao H,Wang J

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patient-initiated action plans are an important component of COPD self-management (SM) interventions. When integrated into SM interventions, these action plans have proven to be effective in reducing exacerbation severity, hospitalisations, and costs and in improving health status in patients with COPD witho...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Effing TW,Lenferink A,Buckman J,Spicer D,Cafarella PA,Burt MG,Bassett KL,van Ommeren C,Anesbury S,van der Valk PD,Frith PA,van der Palen J

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonatal rupture of the chordae of tricuspid valve with severe regurgitation is rare and disastrous. We report on a full-term female neonate presented with cyanosis caused by severe tricuspid regurgitation (TR) due to anterior leaflet chordal rupture. After initial stabilization by prostaglandin E1 infusion, successfu...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Pan JY,Lin CC,Chang JP

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the last decades lung cancer is the leading cause of death worldwide for both sexes. Even though cigarette smoking has been proved to be the main causative factor, many other agents (e.g., occupational exposure to asbestos or heavy metals, indoor exposure to radon gas radiation, particulate air pollution) have ...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Spyratos D,Zarogoulidis P,Porpodis K,Angelis N,Papaiwannou A,Kioumis I,Pitsiou G,Pataka A,Tsakiridis K,Mpakas A,Arikas S,Katsikogiannis N,Kougioumtzi I,Tsiouda T,Machairiotis N,Siminelakis S,Argyriou M,Kotsakou M,Kess

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expanded possibilities to explore the lung deeper with new tools such as electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy (ENB) or radial probe endobronchial ultrasonography (radial EBUS), combined with miniaturization of traditional local therapies such as radiofrequency ablation (RFA), radiotherapy, cryotherapy or photod...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Vieira T,Stern JB,Girard P,Caliandro R

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Operative safety and oncologic adequacy of thoracoscopic sleeve lobectomy remain controversial. As such, the purpose of this meta-analysis was to evaluate evidence comparing thoracoscopy and thoracotomy in sleeve lobectomy for centrally located non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Methods:Electronic searches...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Zhong Y,Wang Y,Hu X,Wang G,She Y,Deng J,Zhang L,Peng Q,Zhu Y,Jiang G,Yang M,Xie D,Chen C

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The purpose of this study is to evaluate outcomes in upfront local response and survival of patients with esophageal cancer and distant metastasis. Methods:This retrospective study included 34 patients (25 males) aged 42-92 years (median, 70 years) with a histological diagnosis of esophageal squamous cell c...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Sakaguchi M,Maebayashi T,Aizawa T,Ishibashi N,Saito T

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A clinical trial of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) as an alternative ventilator tool is being performed as a new indication for ECMO. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of awake ECMO to increase the success rate of weaning patients from ECMO and ventilator care during treat...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Yeo HJ,Cho WH,Kim D

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The scientific world is enriched daily with new knowledge, due to new technologies and continuous discoveries. The mathematical functions explain the statistical concepts particularly those of mean, median and mode along with those of frequency and frequency distribution associated to histograms and graphical represen...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Divisi D,Di Leonardo G,Zaccagna G,Crisci R

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Endobronchial stents that are used to treat airway obstruction may migrate over time. These stents can be repositioned. However, not much has been reported about this technique. We retrospectively reviewed our experience with self-expanding metallic stents (SEMS) and attempted to determine-(I) factors relate...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Biswas A,Jantz MA,Fernandez-Bussy S,Flanagan M,Mehta HJ

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This case report illustrates a patient who underwent supra-annular mechanical aortic valve replacement then suffered from prosthesis dysfunction, increasing pressure gradient with aortic valve. She was successfully underwent aortic valve re-replacement, sub-annular pannus removing and aortic annulus enlargement proced...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Xu Y,Ye X,Li Z,Zhao Q

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cytomegalovirus (CMV) pneumonia is a major cause of death in immunosuppressed patients. Despite the effective treatment with ganciclovir (GCV) and other antiviral agents, the mortality rate remains between 30% to 50%. Recently, the anti-malarial drug artesunate (ART) wasfound to exhibit significant anti-vira...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Zeng AH,Ou YY,Guo MM,Dai X,Zhou DZ,Chen R

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vascular structure related compression of esophagus is rather rare. Aberrant right subclavicular artery accounts for the majority of the rare entity, while the thoracic aorta aneurysm is a more dangerous type, called as dysphagia aortica. Delay in diagnosis and treatment of the dysphagia aortica predisposes to rup...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Wang WP,Yan XL,Ni YF,Zhang T,Han Y,Li XF,Lu Q

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Atherosclerosis in diabetic patients progresses fast. Evidence on how to choose target vessels of percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs) in diabetic patients post-coronary artery bypass graft (post-CABG) is insufficient. Methods:One hundred and fifty-seven patients with diabetes and previous CABG, who u...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Liu D,Cui X,Luo X,Sun Z,Xu B,Qiao S,Yuan J

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a very heterogeneous disease characterised by an obstructive lung pattern that constitutes worldwide a major cause of high morbidity and mortality. In the last decades, lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) has demonstrated to be a potential good alternative to transplant...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Minervini F,Kestenholz PB,Paolini V,Pesci A,Libretti L,Bertolaccini L,Scarci M

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since 1995, video-assisted thoracoscopic oesophagectomy (VATS), according the same surgical principles as the Japanese open surgery, has been completed in 700 patients with oesophageal cancer. Our indication for VATS is (I) no extensive pleural adhesion; (II) no contiguous tumor spread; (III) pulmonary function capabl...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Osugi H,Narumiya K,Kudou K

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The characteristics of patients with urinothorax (UT) are poorly defined. METHODS:A systematic review was performed searching for studies reporting clinical findings, pleural fluid (PF) characteristics, and the most effective treatment of UT. Case descriptions and retrospective studies were included. RESUL...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Toubes ME,Lama A,Ferreiro L,Golpe A,Álvarez-Dobaño JM,González-Barcala FJ,San José E,Rodríguez-Núñez N,Rábade C,Lourido T,Valdés L

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:The proportion of elderly patients in the intensive care unit population is increasing. Although the Respiratory Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Survival Prediction (RESP) score is widely used for survival prediction of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) patients, it is questionable whether the R...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Baek MS,Chung CR,Kim HJ,Cho WH,Cho YJ,Park S,Park SY,Kang BJ,Kim JH,Park SH,Oh JY,Sim YS,Hong SB

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liquid biopsy provides the opportunity of detecting and analyzing cancer in various body fluids. In peripheral blood, apart from circulating cell free DNA, circulating cancer cells and other tumor-associated compounds such as extracellular vesicles are also emerging candidates for detection. Compared to conventional t...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Cheung AH,Chow C,To KF

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Effective postoperative pain control for thoracic surgery is very important, not only because it reduces pulmonary complications but also because it accelerates the pace of recovery. Moreover, it increases patients' satisfaction with the surgery. In this study, we present a simple approach involving the safe...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Hsieh MJ,Wang KC,Liu HP,Gonzalez-Rivas D,Wu CY,Liu YH,Wu YC,Chao YK,Wu CF

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Pulmonary sclerosing pneumocytoma (PSP) is a rare benign lung tumor. This study investigated the diagnostic experience of PSP and lung cancer. Methods:This study is a retrospective study. We observed the locations of lung lesions, imaging form and clinical symptoms, and recorded the surgical complications t...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Zhu J

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has gained widespread acceptance as a treatment option for patients at high risk for conventional aortic valve replacement. The most commonly used access site for TAVI is the common femoral artery. Yet, in a significant number of patients the transfemoral access is not su...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Schofer N,Deuschl F,Conradi L,Lubos E,Schirmer J,Reichenspurner H,Blankenberg S,Treede H,Schäfer U

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：Background:Tumor size of 8 cm or greater is a risk factor for recurrence after thymoma resection, but the role of induction therapy for large thymomas is not well defined. This study tested the hypothesis that induction therapy for thymomas 8 cm and larger improves survival. Methods:The use of induction therapy for pa...

journal_title：Journal of thoracic disease

authors： Liou DZ,Ramakrishnan D,Lui NS,Shrager JB,Backhus LM,Berry MF

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00