Left atrial bacterial mural endocarditis.

abstract：:Transient left ventricular (LV) dysfunction syndrome, or Tako-tsubo syndrome, occurs following intense emotional or physical stress and simulates the clinical presentation of an acute myocardial infarction. We report a case of a 77-year-old man with esophageal adenocarcinoma with local invasion of the central airways ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Guerrero J,Majid A,Ernst A

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the prognostic significance of myocardial contractile reserve in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) without overt heart failure (New York Heart Association functional class I or II), seventy-one patients underwent exercise radionuclide angiography in addition to clinical, radiographic, hem...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Nagaoka H,Isobe N,Kubota S,Iizuka T,Imai S,Suzuki T,Nagai R

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arrhythmias that may accompany myocardial reperfusion have generated significant clinical interest. First, there were concerns, based on animal studies, that high-grade ventricular tachyarrhythmias would pose a serious threat following thrombolytic therapy to treat an evolving myocardial infarction. Second, lower-grad...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Krumholz HM,Goldberger AL

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the clinical history, laboratory findings, and imaging features of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in a neonate whose mother was also a patient. The newborn was the youngest patient with COVID-19 in the world at the time he was diagnosed. This case has brought more attention and understanding to the epid...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Xiong Y,Zhang Q,Zhao L,Shao J,Zhu W

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bronchoscopic examination to diagnose lung metastases has not been as rewarding as in primary lung cancer. Despite a lower expected yield, we believe the procedure has value in certain patients, ie, those with clinical findings of endobronchial disease. To determine better the value of bronchoscopy in this population,...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Poe RH,Ortiz C,Israel RH,Marin MG,Qazi R,Dale RC,Greenblatt DG

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The tumor microenvironment, of which cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) and tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) are the major cellular components, plays an important role in tumor progression. This study evaluated the significance of podoplanin-positive CAFs and CD204-positive TAMs, which may reflect tumor...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Ito M,Ishii G,Nagai K,Maeda R,Nakano Y,Ochiai A

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ultrasound enables the visualization of pleural-based lesions with a poor correlation to specific pathology. At this time, there are no data about the diagnostic value of contrast-enhanced sonography (CES) in pleural lesions. METHODS:From August 2004 to January 2005, 25 consecutive patients with clinical sy...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Görg C,Bert T,Görg K

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Short-course chemotherapy (SCC) for pulmonary tuberculosis for nine months with isoniazid (INH) and rifampin (RIF) is well established. However, there is still no report on results of such therapy in pleural disease. From January 1976 through December 1984, we treated 201 patients (average age 61.6 years) for pleural ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Dutt AK,Moers D,Stead WW

更新日期：1986-07-01 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：:The authors believe this to be the first case report of atrial fibrillation following pulse methylprednisolone therapy in an adult. The literature regarding the complications of pulse methylprednisolone therapy is reviewed, with particular emphasis on the incidence and pathogenesis of arrhythmias. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： McLuckie AE,Savage RW

更新日期：1993-08-01 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：PURPOSE:The National Asthma Education and Prevention Program (NAEPP) published guidelines for asthma management in 1991. The purpose of this study is to assess the concordance between emergency physicians' practice and the guidelines. DESIGN:Survey mailed to emergency physicians. Non-respondents were mailed a second c...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Emerman CL,Cydulka RK,Skobeloff E

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colloid osmotic pressure (COP) was measured serially in 81 critically ill neonates with hyaline membrane disease (HMD) during the first five days of life, and these changes were correlated with the birth weight, gestational age, serum protein level, clinical status, and outcome. Colloid osmotic pressure correlated bet...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Bhat R,Malalis L,Shukla A,Vidyasagar D

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the case of a lung transplant patient with primary graft failure and an emphysematous native lung, who displayed different respiratory rates between the transplanted lung and the native lung. Inflation of the native lung delayed the next inspiratory effort relative to inflation of the denervated transplant...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Officer TM,Wheeler DR,Frost AE,Rodarte JR

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifty-seven patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were treated in hospital for diffuse interstitial lung fibrosis. Although interstitial fibrosis (either on the basis of lung function tests or chest roentgenograms or both) is fairly common among patients with RA, according to this study interstitial fibrosis of suff...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Hakala M

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bronchopulmonary C-fibers and a subset of mechanically sensitive, acid-sensitive myelinated sensory nerves play essential roles in regulating cough. These vagal sensory nerves terminate primarily in the larynx, trachea, carina, and large intrapulmonary bronchi. Other bronchopulmonary sensory nerves, sensory nerves inn...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Canning BJ,Chang AB,Bolser DC,Smith JA,Mazzone SB,McGarvey L,CHEST Expert Cough Panel.

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The new GOLD (Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease) strategy recommends use of the COPD Assessment Test (CAT) or modified Medical Research Council (mMRC) scale to assess symptoms in COPD against "risk" as assessed by spirometry or exacerbation frequency. We aimed to determine the concordanc...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Pillai AP,Turner AM,Stockley RA

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that passive leg raising (PLR) induces changes in arterial pulse pressure that can help to predict the response to rapid fluid loading (RFL) in patients with acute circulatory failure who are receiving mechanical ventilation. DESIGN:Prospective clinical study. SETTING:Two medical ICUs...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Boulain T,Achard JM,Teboul JL,Richard C,Perrotin D,Ginies G

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:COPD has been described as a risk factor for excessive expiratory tracheal collapse, but its prevalence and clinical correlates have not been fully determined. The purpose of this study is to prospectively determine the prevalence of excessive expiratory tracheal collapse among patients with COPD and to test...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Boiselle PM,Michaud G,Roberts DH,Loring SH,Womble HM,Millett ME,O'Donnell CR

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy (ENB) with biopsy under fluoroscopic guidance has enhanced the yield of flexible bronchoscopy in the diagnosis of peripheral lung lesions. However, the accuracy of ENB navigation suggests that the addition of fluoroscopy is redundant. OBJECTIVES:Data were prospectivel...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Eberhardt R,Anantham D,Herth F,Feller-Kopman D,Ernst A

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clonidine was given to patients with essential hypertension, renovascular hypertension, and hypertension with parenchymal renal disease. The drug was effective in all groups but was more effective in patients with high plasma renin concentration. Renal function did not deteriorate when the drug was used, and there was...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Morgan T

更新日期：1983-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe three cases of acute uncomplicated bacterial pneumonia due to viridans streptococci in previously healthy adults, which were indistinguishable from those caused by other well-known respiratory pathogens. On arrival, all of these patients were treated with IV aqueous penicillin based on Gram stain of sputum...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Sarkar TK,Murarka RS,Gilardi GL

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nineteen patients were treated at the Los Angeles County Harbor/UCLA Medical Center between 1971 and 1986 for tuberculosis of the spine. Fourteen were immigrants, a high-risk group. A high index of suspicion is required for Pott's disease, which occurs in fewer than 1 percent of patients with tuberculosis, often prese...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Omari B,Robertson JM,Nelson RJ,Chiu LC

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Head-up tilt test was done in a 27-year-old man with recurrent syncope of unexplained cause. Severe sinus bradycardia and hypotension accompanied by light-headedness, cold sweating, and nausea occurred at 80 degrees head-up position during 4 micrograms/min isoproterenol infusion. Oral propranolol, 160 mg/d, in four di...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Wang CC,Yeh SJ,Wen MS,Lin FC,Wu D

更新日期：1994-09-01 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：:Eighteen postmenopausal women were examined by Doppler echocardiography before initiation of HRT (T1), then after ten weeks (T2) and one year (T3). This study group was compared with another in which HRT was not used. Flow velocity integral, which correlates with SV, and MA, an indicator of cardiac contractility, were...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Pines A,Fisman EZ,Ayalon D,Drory Y,Averbuch M,Levo Y

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fondaparinux, a selective inhibitor of factor Xa, is the first of a new class of antithrombotic compounds, the synthetic pentasaccharides. Its benefit-to-risk ratio in preventing venous thromboembolism after major orthopedic surgery was investigated in four randomized, double-blind international phase III trials in pa...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Turpie AG,Eriksson BI,Bauer KA,Lassen MR

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tracheobronchial injury is a rare but a potentially high-impact event with significant morbidity and mortality. Common etiologies include blunt or penetrating trauma and iatrogenic injury that might occur during surgery, endotracheal intubation, or bronchoscopy. Early recognition of clinical signs and symptoms can hel...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Grewal HS,Dangayach NS,Ahmad U,Ghosh S,Gildea T,Mehta AC

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of acute tuberculous pneumonia diagnosed by transbronchial biopsy is presented. We postulate that the unusually rapid progression was due to an exudative hypersensitivity reaction to aspirated tuberculoprotein. ...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Septimus EJ,Awe RJ,Greenberg SD,Raleigh JW

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Induced sputum cytology and protein biomarkers can be used to assess airways inflammation. Increases in sputum iron have been described in inflammatory lung disease. We hypothesized that other sputum metals may be affected by airways inflammation and investigated their potential value as biomarkers. METHODS...

journal_title：Chest

authors： Gray RD,Duncan A,Noble D,Imrie M,O'Reilly DS,Innes JA,Porteous DJ,Greening AP,Boyd AC

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00