Aortic calcification on plain chest radiography increases risk for coronary artery disease.

abstract：:A patient with the sick sinus syndrome accompanying mirror-image dextrocardia which was associated with double superior venae cavae and an absent inferior vena cava is presented. A permanent transvenous demand pacemaker was inserted because of repeated episodes of dizziness and a documented 31/2-second period of asyst...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Goyal SL,Lichestein E,Gupta PK,Chadda KD,Lajam F

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac tamponade is a medical emergency that can be readily reversed with timely recognition and appropriate intervention. The clinical diagnosis of cardiac tamponade requires synthesis of a constellation of otherwise nonspecific features based on an understanding of the underlying pathophysiological characteristics....

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kearns MJ,Walley KR

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To identify the prognostic factors for pneumothorax in patients in the ICU. DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study. SETTING:ICU at a university-based teaching hospital. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Sixty patients developed pneumothoraces in the ICU during a period of 36 months. Medical records relating to patient...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Chen KY,Jerng JS,Liao WY,Ding LW,Kuo LC,Wang JY,Yang PC

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was undertaken to determine if the production of pulsatile flow by the intra-aortic balloon pump during cardiopulmonary bypass has any beneficial effect on coronary flow, regional myocardial flow, myocardial metabolism, and left ventricular function. Thirty-six conditioned dogs were subjected to one hour of...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Grover FL,Fewel JG,Vinas J,Ghidoni JJ,Arom KV,Norton JB Jr,Trinkle JK

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective was to determine if garnetting and raw cotton dusts differed in botanical composition. Estimates of dust composition were based on the contents of gross trash in cotton raw materials and the potential of each gross trash component to be converted into less than 10 mum particulate by a laboratory abrasion...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Morey PR

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：CASE PRESENTATION:A 72-year-old man presented to our ED less than 24 hours following the acute onset of nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. Within 12 hours of symptom onset, he noted bilateral lower extremity pain and swelling. His pain was associated with a new violaceous irregular rash on the anterior aspect of both feet...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gittens AT,Clarke JD,Abdelbaki S,Kwon JS

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary hypertension in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with a poor prognosis. Reduction of pulmonary artery pressure in COPD by prolonged oxygen treatment has been shown to be associated with increased survival. In an attempt to find a suitable pharmacologic method of reducing pulmonary a...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sajkov D,McEvoy RD,Cowie RJ,Bradley JA,Antic R,Morris RG,Frith PA

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sleep disorders are increasingly associated with insulin resistance, glucose intolerance, and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Whether the metabolic toll imposed by sleep-related disorders is caused by poor-quality sleep or due to other confounding factors is not known. The objective of this study was to examine wh...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Stamatakis KA,Punjabi NM

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural killer-cell activity of fresh interstitial pulmonary cell populations from patients with squamous cell and adenocarcinoma of the lung and carcinoma metastatic to the lung was assessed and compared to that of apparently normal lung. No increase in the percentage of lymphoid cell populations was noted in the int...

journal_title：Chest

authors： deShazo RD,Moulder PV,Bozelka B,Chapman Y

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of pancreatitis, which occurred while the patient was on a propofol drip and then recurred after resolution following an inadvertent rechallenge with propofol. The initial episode was associated with hypertriglyceridemia, whereas the latter was not. The association between propofol and pancreatitis is...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kumar AN,Schwartz DE,Lim KG

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renin-angiotensin system activation is suspected of being involved in postcoronary surgery hypertension, but appears to be useful in maintaining blood pressure during anesthesia and cardiopulmonary bypass. To clarify these points, 19 patients were compared: ten as a control group and nine who received captopril during...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Colson P,Grolleau D,Chaptal PA,Ribstein J,Mimran A,Roquefeuil B

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A CO2 rebreathing method for the measurement of cardiac output was evaluated by comparison with the direct Fick O2 method in 26 studies performed in 18 patients who were critically ill. The method requires measurement of CO2 output by collection of expired gas, of arterial PCO2, and of mixed venous PCO2 by rebreathing...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Davis CC,Jones NL,Sealey BJ

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It has been postulated that right ventricular (RV) function may improve after lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) for severe emphysema due to improvement in lung elastic recoil. Improved lung elastic recoil after LVRS is hypothesized to "tether" open extraalveolar vessels, thereby leading to a decrease in p...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Falk JA,Martin UJ,Scharf S,Criner GJ

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic embolization is a common complication of left atrial myxoma; however, coronary embolism leading to acute myocardial infarction is rare. The use of echocardiography has increased the detection of intracardiac tumors when signs and symptoms are not evident. Echocardiography is the diagnostic procedure of choice...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Abascal VM,Kasznica J,Aldea G,Davidoff R

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is no consensus at the present time about the effect of welding on lung function decline. This study compared lung function decline between blue-collar workers exposed and not exposed to welding fumes in a French longitudinal cohort of 21,238 subjects aged 37 to 52 years at inclusion. METHODS:Medical ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Thaon I,Demange V,Herin F,Touranchet A,Paris C

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To compare drug output from a vented nebulizer (Pari LC Jet Plus) with a traditional unvented nebulizer (Hudson 1730 T Up-Draft 11) using aerosolized tobramycin, which is frequently used in the treatment of cystic fibrosis. DESIGN:Six nebulizers of each type were filled with a 4 mL tobramycin (80 mg) s...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Coates AL,MacNeish CF,Lands LC,Meisner D,Kelemen S,Vadas EB

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies on the bronchodilating effect of nitrates yielded conflicting results. We hypothesized that the concomitant bronchial vasodilatation induced by nitrates may limit the increase of airway patency due to bronchial smooth muscle relaxation. To test this hypothesis, we evaluated the bronchodilating effect ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Rolla G,Bucca C,Brussino L

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Nasal polyps frequently appear in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). The aims of this study were to focus on what problems (symptoms, endoscopic findings, and laboratory correlates) nasal polyps cause the CF patient, and how these correlate to the total health situation of this patient group. PATIENT...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Henriksson G,Westrin KM,Karpati F,Wikström AC,Stierna P,Hjelte L

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 60-year-old man developed histologic lesions characteristic of acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis in skin and lung during preleukemic and leukemic phases of acute myeloid leukemia. These lesions showed improvement and resolution during oral prednisone therapy, requiring higher doses during each relapse. The respo...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lazarus AA,McMillan M,Miramadi A

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the efficacy of corticosteroid therapy initiated as an alternate-day regimen to that of a four-times-daily regimen in patients with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. In this double-blind study, 44 patients with moderate to severe COPD (mean FEV1 740 +/- 310 ml) were hospitalized and randomly al...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Blair GP,Light RW

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Over the last 25 years, a growing number of clinical trials have evaluated novel sepsis therapies. To promote uniformity in inclusion criteria for patient enrollment, the American College of Chest Physicians and Society of Critical Care Medicine first published consensus conference definitions for sepsis in ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Trzeciak S,Zanotti-Cavazzoni S,Parrillo JE,Dellinger RP

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:The differential diagnosis of syndrome X and coronary artery disease (CAD) in patients with evidence of myocardial ischemia may be difficult. The possible difference in coronary calcium detected by electron-beam CT (EBCT) between syndrome X and CAD is rarely evaluated, especially in aged patients with ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Chen LC,Chen JW,Wu MH,Liu JC,Lan GY,Ding PY,Chang MS

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a prospective study to determine the effectiveness of protected bronchoalveolar lavage (PBAL) in diagnosing pneumonia in ventilated patients and the usefulness of bronchoscopic data in treating ventilated patients. Entrance criteria were (1) fever and a new or progressive infiltrate on chest roentgenogram...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Meduri GU,Wunderink RG,Leeper KV,Beals DH

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The contemporary surgical repertoire for the evaluation and treatment of patients with lung cancer includes the bronchoscope, mediastinoscope, thoracoscope, and standard surgical instrumentation. The recent advances in video optics and the development of endoscopic instruments have significantly expanded the surgical ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Mentzer SJ,DeCamp MM,Harpole DH Jr,Sugarbaker DJ

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To review statistics on smoking prevalence and to analyze whether the implementation of national tobacco control legislation had an association with the prevalence of smoking, and thereby, with the occurrence of smoking-related lung diseases. DESIGN:Smoking prevalence rates (from 1960 to 2000), lung cancer ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Heloma A,Nurminen M,Reijula K,Rantanen J

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metastatic disease involving the heart may present in a variety of fashions. A patient with melanoma metastatic to the right ventricle which was diagnosed clinically by evidence of recent onset of right ventricular inflow and outflow tract obstruction is described. Important information regarding the extent of the met...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Emmot WW,Vacek JL,Agee K,Moran J,Dunn MI

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:Although videothoracoscopic (VTS) resection of Masaoka stage I thymoma has been reported to be a less invasive method than open thoracotomy and to achieve a comparable surgical outcome, the usefulness of this method in the treatment of stage II thymoma has not yet been prospectively evaluated. We there...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Cheng YJ,Kao EL,Chou SH

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine if screening by specialists could reduce unnecessary test ordering and reduce costs related to diagnostic workup in patients undergoing evaluation for tuberculosis. DESIGN:Prospective evaluation of expert opinion in consecutive patients suspected of having tuberculosis. SETTING:A large mu...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Divinagracia RM,Harkin TJ,Bonk S,Schluger NW

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied hypoxic and hypercapnic ventilatory drives in 22 eucapnic obese subjects (14 female and eight male subjects) referred for weight reduction therapy and 23 normal subjects (eight female and 15 male subjects). In the female subjects, both occlusion pressure, currently used as an indicator of ventilatory drive,...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kunitomo F,Kimura H,Tatsumi K,Kuriyama T,Watanabe S,Honda Y

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In patients with acquired or congenital heart diseases, the systolic pulmonary artery pressure (PAPs) can be predicted using continuous-wave Doppler ultrasound (CWD) measurement of the peak velocity of a tricuspid regurgitation (TR) jet. The aim of this study was to determine whether CWD could be used to accurately es...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Laaban JP,Diebold B,Zelinski R,Lafay M,Raffoul H,Rochemaure J

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00