Thoracic splenosis presenting with hemoptysis.

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:It has been suggested that sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) is a risk factor for ischemic heart disease, and may be associated with increased morbidity and mortality due to cardiovascular disease. The aim of this study was to examine the relation between nocturnal oxygen desaturation (NOD) due to SDB a...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hayashi M,Fujimoto K,Urushibata K,Uchikawa S,Imamura H,Kubo K

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVES:To determine whether an association exists between aortic calcification viewed on plain chest radiography and coronary artery disease. METHODS:Retrospective review of all chest radiographs obtained from consecutive patients undergoing coronary angiography at a primary cardiac center during 1999. Plain...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Li J,Galvin HK,Johnson SC,Langston CS,Sclamberg J,Preston CA

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighty-two patients with mitral stenosis underwent cardiac catheterization with coronary angiography. Twenty-one patients (26 percent) had coronary artery disease. Characteristics of the mitral valve area, cardiac output, pulmonary artery pressure, pulmonary vascular resistance, left ventricular end-diastolic pressure...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Chun PK,Gertz E,Davia JE,Cheitlin MD

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 62-year-old woman had had kyphoscoliosis since age 12 years. Respiratory failure developed at age 35 years following a respiratory infection. A tracheostomy was done and she required assisted ventilation using a respiratory (Bird). Many attempts at weaning her from the ventilator were unsuccessful. She has remained ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Woolf CR

更新日期：1990-11-01 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 function studies were conducted one to two days prior to, two weeks after, and an average of 116 days after coronary artery revascularization surgery. Preoperation it was found that 11 of 19 patients had mild to moderate obstruction, 8 of 17 had diffusing capacity less than 80 percent of predicted, and 9 of ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Braun SR,Birnbaum ML,Chopra PS

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In a rodent model of cardiac arrest and resuscitation in which the inspired gas mixture was enriched with oxygen, resuscitability and survival were unaffected by positive pressure ventilation. In the present study, in a larger animal model, tidal volumes generated during precordial compression and with spont...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Noc M,Weil MH,Tang W,Turner T,Fukui M

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary influenza pneumonia is a disease of high mortality. Differentiation between a bacterial and viral etiology for the pulmonary infiltrates frequently presents a diagnostic dilemma. Rapid diagnosis is essential; and once established, the patient requires careful supportive therapy. This report describes two patie...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bogart DB,Liu C,Ruth WE,Kerby GR,Williams CH

更新日期：1975-10-01 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：: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：:The work of chest inflation, WI, is a primary determinant of the need for ventilatory support and an integrative index of elastic and resistive impedance. Although the mechanical work performed by a ventilator in moving gas into the passive chest (WI = integral of PV dt) can be determined by measuring the area enclose...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Marini JJ,Rodriguez RM,Lamb V

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a rare disease with a predilection for young women that is associated with right ventricular failure and premature death. PAH can complicate pregnancy with hemodynamic instability or sudden death during parturition and postpartum. Our aim was to examine the impact of ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Duarte AG,Thomas S,Safdar Z,Torres F,Pacheco LD,Feldman J,deBoisblanc B

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We investigated factors related to the diagnostic sensitivity of CT-guided transbronchial biopsy (TBB) using an ultrathin bronchoscope and virtual bronchoscopy (VB) navigation for small peripheral pulmonary lesions. METHOD:We have performed this procedure on 83 patients with 85 small peripheral pulmonary le...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Shinagawa N,Yamazaki K,Onodera Y,Asahina H,Kikuchi E,Asano F,Miyasaka K,Nishimura M

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An unusual case of Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis confined to the mural left atrium is presented. Echocardiographic studies revealed a 1.5 x 2.0-cm vegetation mimicking a myxoma situated in the path of a mitral regurgitant jet on a color Doppler test. Emboli to upper and lower extremities and brain complicated the...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bierbrier GS,Novick RJ,Guiraudon C,Wisenberg G,Boughner D

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The definition of a standard therapy for resectable esophageal cancer remains a clinical controversy. In the past decade, a variety of strategies have been developed in an attempt to improve local control and decrease the all too common problem of distant metastases. Preoperative treatment with radiotherapy or chemoth...

journal_title：Chest

authors： DeCamp MM Jr,Swanson SJ,Jaklitsch MT

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a patient who developed pulmonary hypertension 6 years after lung transplantation for primary pulmonary hypertension (PPH). Evaluation with right heart catheterization followed by pulmonary angiography, however, demonstrated that the pulmonary hypertension was secondary to an anastomotic narrowin...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Soriano CM,Gaine SP,Conte JV,Fairman RP,White C,Rubin LJ

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Albumin and nonprotein colloids (starches, dextran, and others) are used frequently as blood volume expanders in coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. The objective of this study was to determine differences between colloids with regard to patient characteristics and mortality rates. DESIGN AND SETTI...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sedrakyan A,Gondek K,Paltiel D,Elefteriades JA

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Depressive symptoms and reduced health-related quality of life are common in patients with severe COPD. Therefore, understanding the association between preferences for life-sustaining treatment and depression or quality of life is important in providing care. No prior studies have examined the effects ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Stapleton RD,Nielsen EL,Engelberg RA,Patrick DL,Curtis JR

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To ascertain the incidence, types, morbidity, and mortality of infectious episodes in isolated lung transplant recipients. DESIGN:Retrospective chart review of patients who have undergone transplants over a six-year period in one institution. PATIENTS:Twenty-three single and 17 double lung transplants...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Maurer JR,Tullis DE,Grossman RF,Vellend H,Winton TL,Patterson GA

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:About one-third of the world population has latent TB infection (LTBI), the majority of which is distributed in 22 high-burden countries. Early diagnosis and treatment of active TB remains the top priority in resource-poor countries with high TB prevalence. Notwithstanding, because LTBI contributes significantly to th...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sharma SK,Mohanan S,Sharma A

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lowest receptor occupancy for a drug occurs at trough prior to the next dose. Previous studies have focused on the effects of triple therapy at peak dose intervals using forced expiratory maneuvers. Impulse oscillometry (IOS) and body plethysmography (PLETH) are more sensitive than spirometry to assess inhal...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Williamson PA,Short PM,Clearie KL,Vaidyanathan S,Fardon TC,Howaniec LJ,Lipworth BJ

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urticaria with systemic effects occurred in a patient being treated with propranolol and was reproducible upon rechallenge with the drug; Successful beta-adrenergic blocking therapy was achieved using a new agent, tolamolol, with no evidence of any adverse effects. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Seides SF,Ruskin JN,Damato AN

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lung cancer screening (LCS) is an important secondary prevention measure to reduce lung cancer mortality. The goal of this study was to assess state-level variations in LCS among the US elderly during the first 3 years since Medicare began its LCS reimbursement policy in 2015. METHODS:This ecological study ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Liu B,Dharmarajan K,Henschke CI,Taioli E

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new bronchoscopic-protected catheter brush (BPCB), designed to obtain uncontaminated bronchial secretions, was studied in vitro and in vivo. The device was composed of a standard biopsy brush, protected by a single catheter and occluded with an agar plug. Ejection of the plug was obtained neither by advancing the br...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Marquette CH,Ramon P,Courcol R,Wallaert B,Tonnel AB,Voisin C

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exercise-associated cardiac asystole (EACA) in patients without structural heart disease is uncommonly encountered. Two patients who developed prolonged asystolic arrest associated with exercise are described; both demonstrated a positive head-up tilt table response, absence of underlying heart disease, and a history ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Tse HF,Lau CP

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the incidence and mechanisms of cardiovascular complications and postoperative respiratory insufficiency associated with GA and Nd:YAG laser endobronchial tumor resection. The records of 73 patients undergoing 87 procedures were reviewed. Preoperative status, anesthetic methods and perioperative complicatio...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hanowell LH,Martin WR,Savelle JE,Foppiano LE

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Elevated cardiac troponin levels have been shown to be associated with adverse outcomes in patients with acute pulmonary embolism (PE). However, few data address the management implications of undetectable cardiac troponin I (cTnI) using a highly sensitive assay. We hypothesized that undetectable cTnI predic...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hakemi EU,Alyousef T,Dang G,Hakmei J,Doukky R

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little information is available about the prevalence of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) after discharge from cardiac surgery units and its impact on rehabilitation programs. OBJECTIVES:To estimate the rate of DVT, in relation to different thromboprophylaxis strategies, in patients with a recent coronary artery b...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ambrosetti M,Salerno M,Zambelli M,Mastropasqua F,Tramarin R,Pedretti RF

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thromboendarterectomy is the treatment of choice for chronic large vessel thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. To identify the mechanisms responsible for the improvement in gas exchange following thromboendarterectomy, we studied nine patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension before and eight to 18...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Kapitan KS,Clausen JL,Moser KM

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although infectious mononucleosis is usually a benign illness, life-threatening complications may occur. We describe a 17-year-old pregnant girl who developed necrotizing epiglottitis and dysphagia progressing to aspiration pneumonia and respiratory failure. The factors predisposing to this life-threatening complicati...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Biem J,Roy L,Halik J,Hoffstein V

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00