Subepicardial infarction, myocardial impression, and ventricular penetration by sutureless electrode and leads.

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine whether standard clinical and transthoracic echocardiographic criteria considered to be suggestive of the presence of endocarditis-associated paravalvular abscess are predictive of which patients would benefit from reliable but invasive transesophageal echocardiographic investigations for a...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Blumberg EA,Karalis DA,Chandrasekaran K,Wahl JM,Vilaro J,Covalesky VA,Mintz GS

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess late outcome following percutaneous tracheostomy using the Portex kit (Hythe, Kent, UK). DESIGN:Prospective observational cohort study. SETTING:Teaching hospital. PATIENTS:Forty-nine consecutive patients who underwent percutaneous tracheostomy in the ICU using the Portex kit and who survived 6 mo...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Leonard RC,Lewis RH,Singh B,van Heerden PV

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, both smaller and larger airways are affected. FEV1 mainly reflects large airways obstruction, while the later fraction of forced exhalation reflects reduction in terminal expiratory flow. In this study, the objective was to evaluate the relationship between spirometr...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Dilektasli AG,Porszasz J,Casaburi R,Stringer WW,Bhatt SP,Pak Y,Rossiter HB,Washko G,Castaldi PJ,Estepar RSJ,Hansen JE,COPDGene investigators.

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relative usefulness of a combination of some tumor markers, such as CEA, AFP, ferritin and NSE for the diagnosis of lung cancer was assessed by multiple logistic analysis. Serum concentration of these markers was determined in 68 patients with lung cancer (50 with NSCLC and 18 with SCLC, in 68 patients with benign...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Lombardi C,Tassi GF,Pizzocolo G,Donato F

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) is being evaluated in the treatment of emphysema. The proposed mechanisms of improvement are increased elastic recoil of the lung and improved mechanical efficiency of the muscles of respiration. We report a unique patient with emphysema who developed a giant bulla 3 years subseque...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Iqbal M,Rossoff L,McKeon K,Graver M,Scharf SM

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：SETTING:Seven primary health clinics and a pulmonary disease specialty clinic in Rio de Janeiro City, Brazil. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate a commercial immunochromatographic test kit (ICT Tuberculosis; AMRAD-ICT; Sidney, Australia) employing five recombinant Mycobacterium tuberculosis proteins for the detection of pulmonary ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Perkins MD,Conde MB,Martins M,Kritski AL

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have observed five patients for whom the presence of fibers of elastin in potassium hydroxide (KOH) preparations of sputum represented the first evidence of necrotizing pulmonary disease. In four cases, the discovery of elastin fibers in sputum provided additional evidence supporting initiation or modification of a...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Shlaes DM,Lederman M,Chmielewski R,Tweardy D,Wolinsky E

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 62-year-old man with a long history of lung disease developed atelectasis of the right middle lung lobe, caused by a protrusion in the wall of the middle lobe bronchus. A biopsy was performed in the suspicious region. This was immediately followed by massive arterial bleeding into the airways and complicated by card...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Maxeiner H

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several reports have implicated pregnancy as a cause of deterioration in patients with pulmonary arteriovenous fistulas. We report a 27-year-old woman with multiple pulmonary arteriovenous fistulas who required coil spring embolotherapy in her 24th week of pregnancy due to a spontaneous hemothorax and hypoxemia. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gammon RB,Miksa AK,Keller FS

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a leading cause of hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP), ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), and health-care-associated pneumonia (HCAP). These infections are associated with significant morbidity, mortality, and cost. The impact of vancomycin minimum inh...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Haque NZ,Zuniga LC,Peyrani P,Reyes K,Lamerato L,Moore CL,Patel S,Allen M,Peterson E,Wiemken T,Cano E,Mangino JE,Kett DH,Ramirez JA,Zervos MJ,Improving Medicine through Pathway Assessment of Critical Therapy of Hospital-Acqu

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a prospective study, 11 (1.5 percent) of 742 patients had angiographically proven coronary artery aneurysms. The clinical picture was similar to that of patients with severe coronary artery disease. The coronary artery aneurysms were multiple and were associated with extensive coronary atherosclerosis in ten of the...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Falsetti HL,Carrol RJ

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To determine the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV) of the dipyridamole stress test (DSST) in predicting > or = 50% obstruction of an internal mammary artery or new native coronary artery disease (CAD) compared with saphenous vein graft obstru...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Deluca AJ,Cusack E,Aronow WS,Monsen CE

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pulmonary exacerbations in cystic fibrosis (CF) contribute to the burden of disease, with a negative impact on quality of life, costs, and lung function. Our aim was to evaluate whether exacerbations, defi ned by antibiotic use, were triggered by daily fl uctuations in air pollution. METHODS:In a case-cross...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Goeminne PC,Kiciński M,Vermeulen F,Fierens F,De Boeck K,Nemery B,Nawrot TS,Dupont LJ

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The echocardiographic diagnosis of acute rupture of a papillary muscle is described. The pertinent findings included (1) decreased systolic motion of the posterior wall, (2) exaggerated septal motion, (3) left ventricular enlargement and pattern suggesting left ventricular diastolic overload, and (4) bizarre flutterin...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ahmad S,Kleiger RE,Connors J,Krone R

更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is increasing support for the use of noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) in the treatment of patients with acute respiratory failure. Highest success rates are recorded in patients with exacerbation of COPD, particularly in patients presenting primarily with hypercarbic respiratory failure...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Rocker GM,Mackenzie MG,Williams B,Logan PM

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Whether the localization of nonmassive pulmonary embolism (PE) is associated with the short-term and long-term prognosis of patients remains unknown. Our aim was to characterize associations of nonmassive PE localization with risks of recurrent VTE, major bleeding, and mortality during and after anticoagulat...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gouin B,Blondon M,Jiménez D,Fernández-Capitán C,Bounameaux H,Soler S,Duce R,Sahuquillo JC,Ruiz-Giménez N,Monreal M,RIETE investigators.

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ST alternans was recorded during at least one ischemic attack with ST elevation in nine of 65 patients with variant angina. The magnitude and duration of ST elevation during ischemic attacks were significantly greater in patients with than in those without ST alternans. It always appeared during the occlusion phas...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Turitto G,El-Sherif N

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty patients with atrial fibrillation and 20 patients with congestive heart failure and sinus rhythm were studied. Patients were divided into two groups. Group A consisted of 20 patients with atrial fibrillation in whom systolic time intervals were measured. Twenty to 50 beats were analyzed. Five of the patients had...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Boudoulas H,Lewis RP,Sherman JA,Bush CA,Dalamangas G,Forester WF

更新日期：1978-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary disease due to talc, a group of hydrous magnesium silicates, is almost exclusively encountered after occupational exposure. One form of this rare disorder is talc granulomatosis. In varying degrees, hypercalcemia is typical of granulomatous disease but has not yet been reported in talcosis. We report the cas...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Woywodt A,Schneider W,Goebel U,Luft FC

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:International time trends in asthma mortality have played an important sentinel role in the identification of two epidemics of asthma mortality in some countries in the 1960s and the 1970s and 1980s. Since then, little attention has been paid to the ongoing international time trends. METHODS:Country-specifi...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Wijesinghe M,Weatherall M,Perrin K,Crane J,Beasley R

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Caveolae are cell plasma membrane microdomains implicated in organizing and concentrating many signaling molecules. In the lung, caveolae are in endothelium, smooth muscle, fibroblasts, and pneumocytes. Caveolin is the main structural protein of caveolae. Caveolin 1 is down-regulated in transformed cells and may be a ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Achcar RO,Demura Y,Rai PR,Taraseviciene-Stewart L,Kasper M,Voelkel NF,Cool CD

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A tracheoesophageal fistula was successfully closed with a fibrin adhesive applied by means of a fiberoptic bronchoscope, instead of by esophagoscopy. To facilitate closure of the fistula, the technique was combined with decontamination of the oral cavity, to avoid bacterial contamination. The procedure is proposed as...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Antonelli M,Cicconetti F,Vivino G,Gasparetto A

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Spirometry is performed to monitor lung health, but variability between tests can hinder recognition of excessive FEV(1) declines. We sought to describe the relationship between FEV(1) changes over 1 to 5 years and FEV(1) declines over longer terms, using 21,821 test results from 1,884 workers who parti...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Wang ML,Avashia BH,Petsonk EL

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The risk and benefits of three treatment strategies were examined in 64 consecutive patients with acute myocardial infarction and cardiogenic shock. Thirteen patients received thrombolytic therapy (group 1), 29 patients received intra-aortic balloon pump counterpulsation support (group 2), and 22 patients were treated...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Stomel RJ,Rasak M,Bates ER

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Part 2 of this review of ICU scoring systems examines how scoring system data should be used to assess ICU performance. There often are two different consumers of these data: lCU clinicians and quality leaders who seek to identify opportunities to improve quality of care and operational efficiency, and regulators, pay...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Breslow MJ,Badawi O

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of six weeks of threshold pressure inspiratory muscle training (IMT) on inspiratory muscle performance, breathing pattern and exercise performance were studied in eight patients with severe airflow obstruction. The results indicated that IMT improved inspiratory muscle performance but did not affect exerci...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Flynn MG,Barter CE,Nosworthy JC,Pretto JJ,Rochford PD,Pierce RJ

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The preoperative physiologic assessment of a patient being considered for surgical resection of lung cancer must consider the immediate perioperative risks from comorbid cardiopulmonary disease, the long-term risks of pulmonary disability, and the threat to survival due to inadequately treated lung cancer. As with any...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Beckles MA,Spiro SG,Colice GL,Rudd RM,American College of Chest Physicians.

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In two patients with acute dissection of the ascending aorta, the diagnosis was made with two-dimensional echocardiography and confirmed by aortography. The echocardiograms localized the intimal flap and false channel in both cases. Although clinical evaluation and indicated radiologic studies remain the primary modal...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Rubenson DS,Fowles RE,Miller DC,Guthaner DF,Popp RL

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to compare (1) the intensity of leg effort and dyspnea during exercise and (2) subjective limitations to performance in normal subjects, patients receiving medication for cardiac disorders, patients with pulmonary impairment, patients with pulmonary impairment who were also receiving cardiac m...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hamilton AL,Killian KJ,Summers E,Jones NL

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pulse pressure (PP) has been shown to predict risk for cardiovascular events in men; however, this association has not been well established in women. Hormone replacement therapy may improve arterial compliance, but findings from cross-sectional and prospective studies report inconsistent results. We sought ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Nair GV,Chaput LA,Vittinghoff E,Herrington DM,Heart and Estrogen\/Progestin Replacement Study Investigators.

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00