Vol 9, No 5 (May 28, 2017) - Journal of Thoracic Disease

María E. Toubes, Adriana Lama, Lucía Ferreiro, Antonio Golpe, José M. Álvarez-Dobaño, Francisco J. González-Barcala, Esther San José, Nuria Rodríguez-Núñez, Carlos Rábade, Tamara Lourido, Luis Valdés

PDF Pages: 1209-1218 Full Text (8894) Open Access

Prolonged air leak after video-assisted thoracic surgery lung cancer resection: risk factors and its effect on postoperative clinical recovery

Kejia Zhao, Jiandong Mei, Chao Xia, Binbin Hu, Huasheng Li, Weimin Li, Lunxu Liu

PDF Pages: 1219-1225 Full Text (3213) Open Access

The effects of additional ezetimibe treatment to baseline rosuvastatin on circulating PCSK9 among patients with stable angina

Jian Zhang, Mingzhi Long, Yichao Yu

PDF Pages: 1226-1233 Full Text (5586) Open Access

Mid- to long-term outcomes of bovine jugular vein conduit implantation in Chinese children

Hui-Feng Zhang, Gang Chen, Ming Ye, Xian-Gang Yan, Qi-Lin Tao, Bing Jia

PDF Pages: 1234-1239 Full Text (2930) Open Access

Remedial localization after dislodgement of primary mechanical localization in lung surgery

Long Wang, Xufeng Zhang, Mu Li, Xiermaimaiti Kadeer, Chenyang Dai, Zhe Shi, Chang Chen

PDF Pages: 1240-1246 Full Text (2479) Open Access

Transthoracic echocardiography is a safe alternative for assessment and guidance of transcatheter closure of secundum atrial septal defect in children

Alban-Elouen Baruteau, Sébastien Hascoët, Alain Fraisse

PDF Pages: 1247-1256 Full Text (2778) Open Access

Benefits of postoperative thoracic radiotherapy for small cell lung cancer subdivided by lymph node stage: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Shuling Zhang, Xin Sun, Li Sun, Zhicheng Xiong, Jietao Ma, Chengbo Han

PDF Pages: 1257-1264 Full Text (2418) Open Access

Barbed suture material technique for wound closure and concomitant tube placement in uniportal VATS for pneumothorax

Kyung Soo Kim

PDF Pages: 1265-1272 Full Text (Video) (3310) Open Access

Management of the vertebral artery during thoracic endovascular aortic repair with coverage of the left subclavian artery

Jian Zhu, Er-Ping Xi, Shui-Bo Zhu, Gui-Lin Yin, Rong-Ping Wang, Yu Zhang

PDF Pages: 1273-1280 Full Text (3086) Open Access

Benefits of a right anterolateral minithoracotomy rather than a median sternotomy in isolated tricuspid redo procedures

Aikebaier Maimaiti, Lai Wei, Ye Yang, Huan Liu, Chunsheng Wang

PDF Pages: 1281-1288 Full Text (2241) Open Access

Identifying patients at higher risk of pneumonia after lung resection

Gan-Wei Liu, Xi-Zhao Sui, Shao-Dong Wang, Hui Zhao, Jun Wang

PDF Pages: 1289-1294 Full Text (3662) Open Access

Clinicopathological factors influenced the prognosis of surgically resected pulmonary pleomorphic carcinoma

Katsuhiro Okuda, Risa Oda, Ayumi Suzuki, Tadashi Sakane, Osamu Kawano, Hiroshi Haneda, Satoru Moriyama, Ryoichi Nakanishi

PDF Pages: 1295-1302 Full Text (2989) Open Access

Pressure-controlled versus volume-controlled ventilation during one-lung ventilation for video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy

Yi-Qi Zhu, Fang Fang, Xiao-Min Ling, Jian Huang, Jing Cang

PDF Pages: 1303-1309 Full Text (3003) Open Access

The use of thrombolytics in the management of complex pleural fluid collections

Jessica Heimes, Hannah Copeland, Aditya Lulla, Marjulin Duldulao, Khaled Bahjri, Salman Zaheer, Jason M. Wallen

PDF Pages: 1310-1316 Full Text (5708) Open Access

Intrapleural perfusion thermo-chemotherapy for pleural effusion caused by lung carcinoma under VATS

Runlei Hu, Hong Jiang, Hu Li, Dongshan Wei, Guoqing Wang, Shenglin Ma

PDF Pages: 1317-1321 Full Text (4625) Open Access

Long-term statin therapy could be efficacious in reducing the lipoprotein (a) levels in patients with coronary artery disease modified by some traditional risk factors

Ming-Xing Xu, Chang Liu, Yong-Ming He, Xiang-Jun Yang, Xin Zhao

PDF Pages: 1322-1332 Full Text (9847) Open Access

Severe and uncontrolled asthma in China: a cross-sectional survey from the Australasian Severe Asthma Network

Gang Wang, Fang Wang, Peter G. Gibson, Michael Guo, Wei-Jie Zhang, Peng Gao, Hong-Ping Zhang, Erin S. Harvey, Hui Li, Jie Zhang

PDF Pages: 1333-1344 Full Text (6004) Open Access

Statin-ezetimibe versus statin lipid-lowering therapy in patients with acute coronary syndromes undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention

Yun-Yan Dai, Hai-Shan Zhang, Xin-Gang Zhang, Qi-Gang Guan, Yuan Gao, Yu-Ze Li, Yue-Lan Zhang, Da-Lin Jia, Ying-Xian Sun, Guo-Xian Qi, Wen Tian

PDF Pages: 1345-1352 Full Text (3563) Open Access

Decreased expression of perforin in CD8⁺ T lymphocytes in patients with Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection and its potential value as a marker for efficacy of treatment

Hongbin Jiang, Huili Gong, Qing Zhang, Jin Gu, Li Liang, Jun Zhang

PDF Pages: 1353-1360 Full Text (3369) Open Access

Review Article

The bronchoscopic interventions for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease according to different phenotypes

Jian-Jun Zhang, Yan Yin, Gang Hou

PDF Pages: 1361-1365 Full Text (2956) Open Access

Short Communication

Quick spontaneous remodelling of thrombosed false lumen in acute type-A aortic dissection

Miguel Piñón, Beatriz Acuña, Julio Lugo, Gonzalo Pradas

PDF Pages: 1366-1368 Full Text (1512) Open Access

Study Protocol

Intensive blood pressure control in patients with acute type B aortic dissection (RAID): study protocol for randomized controlled trial

Jian-Cang Zhou, Nan Zhang, Zhong-Heng Zhang, Ting-Ting Wang, Yue-Feng Zhu, Hui Kang, Wei-Min Zhang, Dong-Lin Li, Wei-Dong Li, Zhen-Jie Liu, Xi-Min Qian, Ming-You Zhang, Jue Wang, Mi Zhou, Zhi-Tao Yang, Yun-Xian Yu, Hang-Yang Li, Jian Zhang, Yong-Gang Wang, Jian-Ping Gao, Lin Ling, Kong-Han Pan, for the Pressure in Acute Type B Aortic Dissection (RAID) study group

PDF Pages: 1369-1374 Full Text (5678) Open Access

Surgical Technique

Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery left upper lobectomy and systematic lymph node dissection with fused fissure

Ying Chen, Jun-Tao Lin, Song Dong, Xue-Ning Yang, Yi-Long Wu, Wen-Zhao Zhong

PDF Pages: 1375-1381 Full Text (2857) Open Access

Video-assisted thoracoscopic completion thymectomy based on mediastinal pleura guidance

Kai Guo, Liping Tong, Xiaofei Li, Xiaolong Yan

PDF Pages: 1382-1385 Full Text (Video) (2008) Open Access

Original Article of Interventional Pulmonology Corner¹

Optical imaging of tissue obtained by transbronchial biopsies of peripheral lung lesions

Kassem Harris, Daniel J. Rohrbach, Kristopher Attwood, Jingxin Qiu, Ulas Sunar

PDF Pages: 1386-1392 Full Text (2828) Open Access

Case Report

Malignant tracheal necrosis and fistula formation following palliative chemoradiotherapy: a case report

In Ae Kim, Hyeon Kang Koh, Sun Jong Kim, Kwang Ha Yoo, Kye Young Lee, Hee Joung Kim

PDF Pages: E402-E407 Full Text (3058) Open Access

Traumatic esophageal perforation by a self bougienage

Eung-Soo Kim, Jong-Yael Kang, In-Soo Cho, Gwang-Woo Rhee

PDF Pages: E408-E411 Full Text (2380) Open Access

Mediastinal hemangioma presenting with a characteristic feature on dynamic computed tomography images

Sheng-Min Li, Hsian-He Hsu, Shih-Chun Lee, Hong-Wei Gao, Kai-Hsiung Ko

PDF Pages: E412-E415 Full Text (2812) Open Access

Imaging-guided thoracoscopic resection of a ground-glass opacity lesion in a hybrid operating room equipped with a robotic C-arm CT system

Chen-Ping Hsieh, Ming-Ju Hsieh, Hsin-Yueh Fang, Yin-Kai Chao

PDF Pages: E416-E419 Full Text (2242) Open Access

Rupture of right sinus of Valsalva aneurysm protruding into the pulmonary artery with aortic and pulmonary valve endocarditis

Tae-Eun Jung, Jong-Hyun Baek, Dong-Hyup Lee

PDF Pages: E420-E423 Full Text (2340) Open Access

Late cardiac tamponade following Nuss procedure for pectus excavatum

Jong-Hyun Baek, Young-Uk Lee, Tae-Eun Jung, Dong-Hyup Lee, Jung-Cheul Lee

PDF Pages: E424-E426 Full Text (2047) Open Access

Successful thoracoscopic resection of a large mediastinal angiomyolipoma

Young Du Kim, Seong Cheol Jeong, Hyun Woo Jeon, Sun Wha Song, Ok Ran Shin, Si Young Choi

PDF Pages: E427-E431 Full Text (Video) (2262) Open Access

Esophagogastric junction outflow obstruction-related functional chest pain treated using robotic-assisted thoracoscopic esophageal myotomy

Kuan-Hsun Lin, Shih-Chun Lee, Tsai-Wang Huang, Hsu-Kai Huang

PDF Pages: E432-E436 Full Text (4627) Open Access

Editorial

Stop the LVAD bleeding

Antigone Koliopoulou, Craig H. Selzman

PDF Pages: E437-E439 Full Text (1938) Open Access

Tailored antiplatelet therapy in high-risk ACS patients treated with PCI stenting: lessons from the ANTARCTIC trial

Nathan Messas, Jean-François Tanguay, Marie Lordkipanidzé

PDF Pages: E440-E443 Full Text (2557) Open Access

Paradigm shift in anticoagulation therapy, fueling the pump and preventing rhythm crisis

Bright E. Ohene, Fei Gao, Yu Jie Zhou

PDF Pages: E444-E446 Full Text (1383) Open Access

What is the optimal first-line treatment for advanced anaplastic lymphoma kinase-rearranged non-small cell lung cancer?

Ikuo Sekine

PDF Pages: E447-E450 Full Text (1764) Chinese (477) Open Access

PCI or CABG for severe unprotected left main coronary artery disease: making sense of the NOBLE and EXCEL trials

Anthony A. Holmes, Sripal Bangalore

PDF Pages: E451-E456 Full Text (3884) Open Access

HeartMate 3—a “Step” in the right direction

Juglans Alvarez, Vivek Rao

PDF Pages: E457-E460 Full Text (3529) Open Access

Non-cardiac surgery following drug-eluting coronary stent implantation—a question of timing?

Andrew J. Mitchell, Michael A. Gillies, Nicholas L. Cruden

PDF Pages: E461-E464 Full Text (2285) Open Access

Intratumoral heterogeneity of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

Dirk Walter

PDF Pages: E465-E467 Full Text (2469) Open Access

Neutrophils dominate the immune landscape of non-small cell lung cancer

Cristina Teixidó, Rafael Rosell

PDF Pages: E468-E469 Full Text (3192) Open Access

PD-L1 protein expression in non-small cell lung cancer based on different immunohistochemical antibodies

Minghui Zhang, Di Feng, Jing Jing, Hang Liu, Shu Zhao, Qingyuan Zhang

PDF Pages: E470-E473 Full Text (2344) Open Access

MYCing and YAPing the escape of tumor cell growth arrest after chronic PI3K/mTOR inhibition

Georgios D. Vavougios, Sotirios G. Zarogiannis

PDF Pages: E474-E476 Full Text (1821) Open Access

Echocardiography is a feasible tool for assessing volume responsiveness

Michael J. Lanspa

PDF Pages: E477-E479 Full Text (2123) Open Access

Examined lymph node count in non-small-cell lung cancer: will it be a decision making approach in treatment of NSCLC?

Renwang Liu, Jun Chen, Song Xu

PDF Pages: E480-E482 Full Text (1590) Open Access

What is the role of stereotactic ablative radiotherapy in the management of surgically resectable and operable stage I non-small cell lung cancer?

Susannah M. Love, Gillian Hardman, Ruchir Mashar, Rajesh D. Shah

PDF Pages: E483-E486 Full Text (2085) Open Access

Modifiable risk factors and the role of driving pressure in acute respiratory distress syndrome

Jessica A. Keeley, Dennis Y. Kim

PDF Pages: E487-E488 Full Text (1532) Open Access

Is tumor location an independent prognostic factor in locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer treated with trimodality therapy?

Kazuhiko Shien, Shinichi Toyooka, Junichi Soh, Hiromasa Yamamoto, Shinichiro Miyoshi

PDF Pages: E489-E491 Full Text (2080) Open Access

The evolution of left ventricular assist devices—a moment to reflect

Michael Kuehl, Jens Garbade

PDF Pages: E492-E494 Full Text (2059) Open Access

Imaging homeostatic sleep pressure and circadian rhythm in the human brain

Zhuo Fang, Hengyi Rao

PDF Pages: E495-E498 Full Text (6022) Open Access

Comment on prognostic value of epidermal growth factor receptor mutation subtypes in surgically resected non-small cell lung cancer

Yujin Kudo, Yoshihisa Shimada, Hisashi Saji, Norihiko Ikeda

PDF Pages: E499-E502 Full Text (2469) Open Access

Gender differences in cardiovascular risk factors in patients with coronary artery disease and those with type 2 diabetes

Ichiro Wakabayashi

PDF Pages: E503-E506 Full Text (5438) Open Access

The emerging role of YAP/TAZ in mechanotransduction

Zahra Mohri, Armando Del Rio Hernandez, Rob Krams

PDF Pages: E507-E509 Full Text (5723) Open Access

Congenital heart disease in a dish: progress toward understanding patient-specific mutations

Emily J. Mercer, Todd Evans

PDF Pages: E510-E513 Full Text (2265) Open Access

Minimally invasive aortic valve replacement—where are we?

Sameer Arora, John P. Vavalle

PDF Pages: E514-E518 Full Text (1408) Open Access

Immunotherapy supplanting chemotherapy for upfront treatment of advanced non-small cell lung cancer: what’s next?

Marius Ilie, Paul Hofman

PDF Pages: E519-E521 Full Text (2102) Open Access

Intra-aortic balloon pump during venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: still a matter of debate? Contemporary multi-device approach to cardiogenic shock

Anna Mara Scandroglio, Marina Pieri, Federico Pappalardo, Giovanni Landoni

PDF Pages: E522-E524 Full Text (2457) Open Access

Viewpoint

Tuberculosis control programs and challenges in developed cities with intermediate disease burden: China experience

Jun Li, Xin Shen, Eng-Kiong Yeoh, Pui-Hong Chung

PDF Pages: E525-E528 Full Text (3886) Open Access

Letter to the Editor

Reintervention after thoracic endovascular aortic repair deserves more attention

Zhenjiang Li, Lei Zhang, Zaiping Jing, Jian Zhou

PDF Pages: E529-E530 Full Text (1706) Open Access

News

The 2017 Annual Meeting of the Thoracic Surgery Branch of Guangdong Medical Doctor Association and the 5th Summit Forum on Diagnosis and Treatment of Thoracic Surgery ended successfully on 25th March 2017

May Li, Li Ma

PDF Pages: E531-E536 Full Text (2027) Open Access

Meet the Professor

Professor Gang Chen: enhance the development of thoracic surgery techniques and serve for people’s healthcare

May Li, Li Ma

PDF Pages: E537-E538 Full Text (1538) Open Access

Erratum

Erratum to totally thoracoscopic pulmonary anatomic segmentectomies: technical considerations

Editorial Office

PDF Pages: E539 Full Text (1152) Open Access

Disclosure:

1. The series “Interventional Pulmonology Corner” was commissioned by the Editorial office, Journal of Thoracic Disease without any sponsorship or funding. Kassem Harris served as the unpaid Guest Editor for the series.

Vol 9, No 5 (May 28, 2017): Journal of Thoracic Disease

Editorial

Original Article

Review Article

Short Communication

Study Protocol

Surgical Technique

Original Article of Interventional Pulmonology Corner1

Case Report

Editorial

Viewpoint

Letter to the Editor

News

Meet the Professor

Erratum

Original Article of Interventional Pulmonology Corner¹