Vol 7, No 12 (December 30, 2015) - Journal of Thoracic Disease

Antolin S. Flores, Michael Essandoh, Gregory C. Yerington, Amar M. Bhatt, Manoj H. Iyer, William Perez, Victor R. Davila, Ravi S. Tripathi, Katja Turner, Galina Dimitrova, Michael J. Andritsos

PDF Pages: 2139-2150 Full Text (7709) Open Access

Left ventricular assist device driveline infections: recent advances and future goals

Anne-Marie Leuck

PDF Pages: 2151-2157 Full Text (15783) Open Access

Dealing with surgical left ventricular assist device complications

Arman Kilic, Michael A. Acker, Pavan Atluri

PDF Pages: 2158-2164 Full Text (6520) Open Access

Remote hemodynamic monitoring for ambulatory left ventricular assist device patients

Brent C. Lampert, Sitaramesh Emani

PDF Pages: 2165-2171 Full Text (5090) Open Access

The total artificial heart

Jason A. Cook, Keyur B. Shah, Mohammed A. Quader, Richard H. Cooke, Vigneshwar Kasirajan, Kris K. Rao, Melissa C. Smallfield, Inna Tchoukina, Daniel G. Tang

PDF Pages: 2172-2180 Full Text (15493) Open Access

Psychosocial issues in ventricular assist device implantation and management

Michael Petty, Lillian Bauman

PDF Pages: 2181-2187 Full Text (3602) Open Access

The future of left ventricular assist devices

Ahmet Kilic

PDF Pages: 2188-2193 Full Text (4171) Open Access

Pediatric left ventricular assist device

Iki Adachi, Sarah Burki, Farhan Zafar, David Luis Simon Morales

PDF Pages: 2194-2202 Full Text (5811) Open Access

Original Article

History of pneumonia is a strong risk factor for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation in South Korea: the Epidemiologic review and Prospective Observation of COPD and Health in Korea (EPOCH) study

Yong Il Hwang, Sang Haak Lee, Jee Hong Yoo, Bock Hyun Jung, Kwang Ha Yoo, Moon Jun Na, Jong Deog Lee, Myung Jae Park, Chi Young Jung, Jae Jeong Shim, Kyung Chan Kim, Yeon Jae Kim, Hye Sook Choi, Ik Su Choi, Choon-Taek Lee, Sang Do Lee, Do Jin Kim, Soo-Taek Uh, Ho Sung Lee, Young Sam Kim, Kwan Ho Lee, Seung Won Ra, Hak Ryul Kim, Soo Jeon Choi, In Won Park, Yong Bum Park, So Young Park, Jaehee Lee, Ki-Suck Jung

PDF Pages: 2203-2213 Full Text (4163) Open Access

Diagnosis of pneumocystis pneumonia using serum (1-3)-β-D-Glucan: a bivariate meta-analysis and systematic review

Wei-Jie Li, Ya-Ling Guo, Tang-Juan Liu, Ke Wang, Jin-Liang Kong

PDF Pages: 2214-2225 Full Text (6909) Open Access

Biopsy testing in an inoperable, non-small cell lung cancer population—a retrospective, real-life study in Sweden

Hirsh Koyi, Leif Johansson, Jesper From, Sven Nyrén

PDF Pages: 2226-2233 Full Text (3138) Open Access

A cross-sectional and follow-up study of leukopenia in tuberculosis patients: prevalence, risk factors and impact of anti-tuberculosis treatment

Fei-Shen Lin, Mei-Ying Wu, Wen-Jun Tu, Hong-Qiu Pan, Jian Zheng, Jun-Wei Shi, Zhong-Ting Fei, Rui-Mei Zhang, Wei-Guo Yan, Ming-Qun Shang, Qiang Zheng, Meng-Jie Wang, Xia Zhang

PDF Pages: 2234-2242 Full Text (3907) Open Access

Meta-analysis of the efficacy and safety of adding an angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) to a calcium channel blocker (CCB) following ineffective CCB monotherapy

Jin Ma, Xiao-Yan Wang, Zhi-De Hu, Zhi-Rui Zhou, Paul Schoenhagen, Hao Wang

PDF Pages: 2243-2252 Full Text (8814) Open Access

The role of speckle tracking echocardiography in assessment of lipopolysaccharide-induced myocardial dysfunction in mice

Ming Chu, Yao Gao, Yanjuan Zhang, Bin Zhou, Bingruo Wu, Jing Yao, Di Xu

PDF Pages: 2253-2261 Full Text (3817) Open Access

Initial synchronized intermittent mandatory ventilation versus assist/control ventilation in treatment of moderate acute respiratory distress syndrome: a prospective randomized controlled trial

Jian Luo, Mao-Yun Wang, Bin-Miao Liang, He Yu, Fa-Ming Jiang, Ting Wang, Chao-Li Shi, Pei-Jun Li, Dan Liu, Xiao-Ling Wu, Zong-An Liang

PDF Pages: 2262-2273 Full Text (5058) Open Access

Uniportal versus three-port video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for spontaneous pneumothorax: a meta-analysis

Shi-Lei Qin, Jin-Bo Huang, Yan-Long Yang, Lei Xian

PDF Pages: 2274-2287 Full Text (3551) Open Access

Prognostic analysis of the bronchoplastic and broncho-arterioplastic lobectomy of non-small cell lung cancers—10-year experiences of 161 patients

Li-Lan Zhao, Fang-Yu Zhou, Chen-Yang Dai, Yi-Jiu Ren, Ge-Ning Jiang, Ke Fei, Chang Chen

PDF Pages: 2288-2299 Full Text (4183) Open Access

Prevalence of carotid artery stenosis in Chinese patients with angina pectoris

Jianbin Zhang, Rongwei Xu, Peng Liu, Xueqiang Fan, Zhidong Ye

PDF Pages: 2300-2306 Full Text (3953) Open Access

Qualitative research of alternatively splice variants of fibronectin in different development stage of mice heart

Feng Lu, Fang-Fang Ma, Wei Zhang, Ying Li, Fei-Yu Wei, Lei Zhou

PDF Pages: 2307-2312 Full Text (4047) Open Access

Precise delineation of clinical target volume for crossing-segments thoracic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma based on the pattern of lymph node metastases

Yuanli Dong, Hui Guan, Wei Huang, Zicheng Zhang, Dongbo Zhao, Yang Liu, Tao Zhou, Baosheng Li

PDF Pages: 2313-2320 Full Text (4579) Open Access

Dysfunction of mechanical heart valve prosthesis: experience with surgical management in 48 patients

Wei-Guo Ma, Bin Hou, Adiljan Abdurusul, Ding-Xu Gong, Yue Tang, Qian Chang, Jian-Ping Xu, Han-Song Sun

PDF Pages: 2321-2329 Full Text (5039) Open Access

Pulmonary lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma: a Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database analysis

Jiaxi He, Jianfei Shen, Hui Pan, Jun Huang, Wenhua Liang, Jianxing He

PDF Pages: 2330-2338 Full Text (4250) Open Access

Effects of different types of antihypertensive agents on arterial stiffness: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Xiahuan Chen, Bo Huang, Meilin Liu, Xueying Li

PDF Pages: 2339-2347 Full Text (5197) Open Access

Surgical Technique

A new approach for video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy “the caudal position”

Giampiero Dolci, Andrea Dell’Amore, Niccolò Daddi

PDF Pages: 2348-2351 Full Text (Video) (3729) Open Access

A comparison of short-term outcomes between Ivor-Lewis and McKeown minimally invasive esophagectomy

Chunbo Zhai, Yongjing Liu, Wei Li, Tongzhen Xu, Guotao Yang, Hengxiao Lu, Dehong Hu

PDF Pages: 2352-2358 Full Text (5343) Open Access

A novel sutureless technique for the repair of coronary sinus injuries

Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos, Davide Patrini, Benjamin Adams, David Lawrence, Neil Roberts

PDF Pages: 2359-2361 Full Text (2592) Open Access

Radical resection of right upper lung cancer using uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery with non-intubated anesthesia

Wei Wang, Guilin Peng, Zhihua Guo, Lixia Liang, Qinglong Dong, Jianxing He, Weiqiang Yin

PDF Pages: 2362-2365 Full Text (Video) (3156) Open Access

Uniportal complete video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy with partial pulmonary arterioplasty for lung cancer with calcified lymph node

Guang-Suo Wang, Jian Wang, Zhan-Peng Rao, Guang-Gui Ding, Zheng Wang

PDF Pages: 2366-2370 Full Text (Video) (3585) Open Access

Unidirectionally progressive resection of lower left lung carcinoma under video-associated thoracoscopy

Kaican Cai, Yan Yan, Siyang Feng, Xiguang Liu, Hua Wu, Jin Ye, Sue Liu, Yuan Liu, Mei Li

PDF Pages: 2371-2375 Full Text (Video) (2761) Open Access

Left lower lobectomy and systematic lymph node dissection by complete video-assisted thoracic surgery

Jian-Lin Shi, Li-Hong Jiang, Ding-Biao Li, Shou-Jun Deng, Yan-Fei Wang, Zhen-Hua Li

PDF Pages: 2376-2378 Full Text (Video) (2747) Open Access

Complete video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy of the left lower lobe and lung lymph node dissection

Fengxia Chen, Xianshan Chen, Xiuming Huang

PDF Pages: 2379-2385 Full Text (2693) Open Access

Video-assisted thoracic surgery left upper lobectomy with systematic lymphadenectomy

Xue Pan, Yan Zhang, Xiangnan Li, Dengyan Zhu, Chunyang Zhang, Jia Zhao, Wei Li

PDF Pages: 2386-2388 Full Text (Video) (2104) Open Access

Uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy in semiprone position: primary experience of 105 cases

Zongwu Lin, Junjie Xi, Songtao Xu, Wei Jiang, Lin Wang, Qun Wang

PDF Pages: 2389-2395 Full Text (Video) (3153) Open Access

Review Article

Atrial fibrillation and sleep-disordered breathing

Florent Lavergne, Laurent Morin, Jeff Armitstead, Adam Benjafield, Glenn Richards, Holger Woehrle

PDF Pages: E575-E584 Full Text (7483) Open Access

Statistic Corner

How to choose the right statistical software?—a method increasing the post-purchase satisfaction

Roberto Cavaliere

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Editorial

Mechanism of in-stent restenosis after second-generation drug-eluting stents (DES): is it different from bare-metal stents and first-generation DES?

Shoichi Kuramitsu, Shinichi Shirai, Kenji Ando

PDF Pages: E599-E602 Full Text (3359) Open Access

Time for science to catch up with clinical practice?

Sara Ariotti, Giuseppe Gargiulo, Stephan Windecker, Marco Valgimigli

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Effects of acute hyperglycaemia on cardiovascular homeostasis: does a spoonful of sugar make the flow-mediated dilatation go down?

John David Horowitz, Cher-Rin Chong, Doan T. Ngo, Aaron Leonid Sverdlov

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Is staging mediastinoscopy necessary before stereotactic body radiotherapy for inoperable early stage lung cancer?

Jean-Claude M. Rwigema, Percy Lee

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Early stage lung cancer with nodal involvement occult to PET-CT: treat the image or treat the disease?

Janusz Kowalewski, Mariusz Kowalewski, Paweł Wnuk

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Five factors and three characteristics of coronary in-stent restenosis

Nobuaki Suzuki

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Systemic corticosteroids and community-acquired pneumonia—cautious optimism or wishful thinking?

Grant Waterer

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Prolonged dual antiplatelet therapy in renal failure: a challenging trade-off

Matthias Bossard, Raban Jeger

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Combination of cetuximab with radio-chemotherapy in patients with esophageal cancer: less is more!

Ralf-Dieter Hofheinz, Melanie Kripp, Sylvie Lorenzen

PDF Pages: E629-E632 Full Text (3077) Open Access

Perspective

Fever: suppress or let it ride?

Juliet J. Ray, Carl I. Schulman

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Commentary

Developments in oncological positron emission tomography/computed tomography assessment

Carsten Kobe, Ronald Boellaard, Jürgen Wolf, Georg Kuhnert, Markus Dietlein, Bernd Neumaier, Alexander Drzezga, Deniz Kahraman

PDF Pages: E637-E639 Full Text (2364) Open Access

Marker or mediator? Is the link between anemia and outcomes in patients with coronary artery disease growing any clearer?

Adam C. Salisbury

PDF Pages: E640-E642 Full Text (1810) Open Access

Supporting respiratory function in the immunocompromised critically ill patient: new perspectives for an old paradigm

Lorenzo Ball, Paolo Pelosi

PDF Pages: E643-E645 Full Text (2507) Open Access

Interfacing pathophysiology of respiratory sleep disorders, cardiac dysfunction, and focal autonomic medullary brain ischemia

J. Howard Jaster

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Case Report

Spectrum of FDG uptake in large (>10 cm) esophageal leiomyomas

Meaghan Dendy, Katelyn Johnson, Daniel J. Boffa

PDF Pages: E648-E651 Full Text (3298) Open Access

Electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy guided injection of methylene blue combined with hookwire for preoperative localization of small pulmonary lesions in thoracoscopic surgery

Jiayuan Sun, Xiaowei Mao, Fangfang Xie, Baohui Han, Haiquan Chen

PDF Pages: E652-E656 Full Text (Video) (3004) Open Access

A recurrent empyema with peripheral bronchopleural fistulas treated by retrograde bronchial sealing with Gore Tex plugs: a case report

Jin-Young Ahn, Dohun Kim, Jong-Myeon Hong, Si-Wook Kim

PDF Pages: E657-E661 Full Text (3413) Open Access

Mediastinal angiomatosis: a rare case report

Min Gyoung Pak, Phil Jo Choi, Won Suk Choi, Eun Ju Kang, Mee Sook Roh

PDF Pages: E662-E666 Full Text (3450) Open Access

Primary tracheobronchial non-Hodgkin lymphoma causing life-threatening airway obstruction: a case report

Fang-Fei Yang, Ran Gao, Yuan Miao, Xiao-Jing Yan, Gang Hou, Yan Li, Qiu-Yue Wang, Jian Kang

PDF Pages: E667-E671 Full Text (3238) Open Access

Histopathological findings in a critically ill patient with avian influenza A (H7N9)

Jin-Bao Huang, Hong-Yan Li, Jia-Fu Liu, Chang-Qing Lan, Qing-Hua Lin, Shu-Xing Chen, Hong-Ying Zhang, Xin-Hang Wang, Xu Lin, Jian-Guang Pan, Heng Weng

PDF Pages: E672-E677 Full Text (3861) Open Access

Esophageal perforation following cervical mediastinoscopy: a rare serious complication

Aaron J. Weiss, Benjamin Salter, Adam Evans, Ramachandra Reddy

PDF Pages: E678-E681 Full Text (3018) Open Access

Premitive neuro-ectodermal tumour of the lung

Gajanan S. Gaude, Pradeep Patil, Prakash Malur, Shivappa Annurshetru

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Disclosure:

The focused issue “Left Ventricular Assist Devices” was commissioned by the editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease without any sponsorship or funding. Ahmet Kilic and Peter Eckman served as the unpaid Guest Editors for the focused issue.

Vol 7, No 12 (December 30, 2015): Journal of Thoracic Disease (Left Ventricular Assist Devices)

Preface on Left Ventricular Assist Devices

Review Article on Left Ventricular Assist Devices