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Training in Pulmonary Medicine and Surgery

Specialist training is a critical issue in Europe and worldwide. The trainee is a future colleague from whom we expect that he will deliver the best ever possible quality of care. Continuous professional development should lead to accreditation and recertification. However, once again, there are considerable variations between European countries concerning reglementations of life-long learning on the one hand, and recertification on the other hand. However, this additional challenge of the future with a marked political flavour is a matter of professional advocacy rather than education! We thank all expert authors for their invaluable contribution to this series. We hope that our common work will be useful to both trainees and trainers! Read More>>

Women in Thoracic Surgery

This focused issue on “Women in Thoracic Surgery” is edited by Dr. Cecilia Pompili, from Thoracic Surgery Department, St James’ Institute of Oncology, Leeds, United Kingdom; and Dr. Leah Backhus, from Division of Thoracic Surgery, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, United States of America.

JTD Annual Report 2020

We are glad to present a brief introduction of JTD’s progress in 2020 here. JTD grew steadily and published 926 papers last year, among which there’re 522 Original Articles and 191 Review Articles. According to the Google Analytics, JTD also had an increasing number of visitors (all together 818, 006 worldwide and 1, 682, 037 page views).

We are grateful to all the Editorial Board Members, Authors, Reviewers and Readers who have contributed to and supported JTD in 2020. In the new year, we warmly welcome more excellent surgeons and researchers to join us to make JTD an innovative and significant platform.

Artificial Intelligence in Thoracic Disease: From Bench to Bed

This Series on Artificial Intelligence in Thoracic Disease: From Bench to Bed is edited by Drs. Jianxing He and Hengrui Liang, from Department of Thoracic Surgery and Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.

Thymoma

This series focusing on thymoma presents up-to- date and extensive reviews spanning from the epidemiology to the genetics and biology and to the diagnostic and therapeutic modalities. Similar to other rare tumors, thymoma has been largely understudied for years. However, in the last few years there has been significant research performed particularly in the field of molecular biology of these tumors. Several important and novel advancements in genetics and molecular biology are discussed in two chapters of this series. Furthermore, the principles of current care including all novelties regarding diagnostic and treatment modalities are provided in several other chapters.

Reviewer of the Month (2020)

2020 is passing in the wink of an eye. Over the year, many JTD reviewers have made outstanding contributions to the peer review process. They demonstrated professional effort and enthusiasm in their reviews and provided comments that genuinely help the authors to enhance their work. We would like to highlight a few of our outstanding reviewers, with a brief interview of their thoughts and insights as a reviewer.

Contemporary Practice in Thoracic Neoplasm Diagnosis, Evaluation and Treatment

Despite increasing public awareness of smoking related morbidity and mortality and implementation of lung cancer screening programs, lung cancer remains the number one cause of cancer related death. As our knowledge of lung cancer pathogenesis advances, approaches to diagnose, surveil and treat lung cancer also evolve. In this series, we seek to update our readers on contemporary practices in thoracic neoplasm diagnosis, evaluation and treatment.

Patient Reported Outcomes in Thoracic Surgery: A New Frontier

In surgery, there are clear and important opportunities for the use of PROs to improve quality of care, and specifically for patients undergoing thoracic operations. Thoracic operations have been associated with major changes in patients’ health-related quality of life (hr-QOL) including physical functioning and emotional, social and mental well-being; this type of impact is paralleled by few other fields in medicine or surgery. It is our opinion, that there is need for thoracic surgery research that focuses on PROs.

Modified SEIR and AI prediction of the epidemics trend of COVID-19 in China under public health interventions

Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak originating in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, coincided with chunyun, the period of mass migration for the annual Spring Festival. To contain its spread, China adopted unprecedented nationwide interventions on January 23, 2020. These policies included large-scale quarantine, strict controls on travel and extensive monitoring of suspected cases. However, it is unknown whether these policies have had an impact on the epidemic. We sought to show how these control measures impacted the containment of the epidemic.

Testimonials for JTD from Eminent Experts Worldwide

Eminent Experts Worldwide, including editorial board members, authors, and readers, who know the journal well, provided testimonials for JTD. We are thankful for their support for the journal.

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Age modification of ozone associations with cardiovascular disease risk in adults: a potential role for soluble P-selectin and blood pressure

Drew B. Day, Merlise A. Clyde, Jianbang Xiang, Feng Li, Xiaoxing Cui, Jinhan Mo, Jicheng Gong,... More >>

Assessment of a respiratory face mask for capturing air pollutants and pathogens including human influenza and rhinoviruses

S. Steve Zhou, Salimatu Lukula, Cory Chiossone, Raymond W. Nims, Donna B. Suchmann, M. Khalid Ijaz More >>

Relationship between free and total malondialdehyde, a well-established marker of oxidative stress, in various types of human biospecimens

Xiaoxing Cui, Jicheng Gong, Hailong Han, Linchen He, Yanbo Teng, Teresa Tetley, Rudy Sinharay,... More >>

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The nationwide program of allergic disease prevention as an implementation of GARD guidelines in Poland

Filip Raciborski, Bolesław Samoliński, Edyta Krzych-Fałta, Aleksandra Grąbczewska, Filip... More >>

A strategy for measuring health outcomes and evaluating impacts of interventions on asthma and COPD—common chronic respiratory diseases in Global Alliance against Chronic Respiratory Diseases (GARD) countries

Teresa To, Alvaro A. Cruz, Giovanni Viegi, Rachel McGihon, Nikolai Khaltaev, Arzu Yorgancioglu,... More >>

Integrating primary care of chronic respiratory disease, cardiovascular disease and diabetes in Brazil: Practical Approach to Care Kit (PACK Brazil): study protocol for randomised controlled trials

Max O. Bachmann, Eric D. Bateman, Rafael Stelmach, Álvaro A. Cruz, Matheus Pacheco de Andrade,... More >>

Cough Section more

Clinical Practice Guidelines for Diagnosis and Management of Cough—Chinese Thoracic Society (CTS) Asthma Consortium

Kefang Lai, Huahao Shen, Xin Zhou, Zhongmin Qiu, Shaoxi Cai, Kewu Huang, Qiuping Wang, Changzheng... More >>

Methodology for development of the Chinese evidence-based Clinical Practice Guideline of the Diagnosis and Management of Cough

Mei Jiang, Yan-Qing Xie, Jia-Xing Xie, Xiang-Wei Zou, Ke-Fang Lai More >>

Cough frequency monitors: can they discriminate patient from environmental coughs?

Stefan T. Kulnik, Natalie M. Williams, Lalit Kalra, John Moxham, Surinder S. Birring More >>

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Journal of Thoracic Disease is endorsed by International COPD Coalition.

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Editorial

Scientific guidance to fight the pandemic: the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Zifeng Yang, Zhiqi Zeng, Ke Wang, Nanshan Zhong, Jianxing He

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Original Article

The paradoxical response to short-acting bronchodilator administration in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Hong-Joon Shin, Tae-Ok Kim, Yu-Il Kim, Sang-Hoon Kim, Hyun Kuk Kim, Yong-Hyun Kim, Min Kwang Byun, Ki-Suck Jung, Kwang-Ha Yoo, Jae Seung Lee, Sung-Chul Lim, KOCOSS Cohort Study Group

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Bacteriology, antibiotic resistance and risk stratification of patients with culture-positive, community-acquired pleural infection

Marianthi Iliopoulou, Vasileios Skouras, Zoe Psaroudaki, Magda Makarona, Evangelos Vogiatzakis, Eleni Tsorlini, Eleni Katsifa, Dionisios Spyratos, Dimitra Siopi, Ourania Kotsiou, Stelios Xitsas, Maria Martsoukou, Ioanna Sigala, Ioannis Kalomenidis

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Application of prosthesis eversion method for ascending aorta replacement guarantees better clinical outcomes of type A acute aortic dissection surgery

Zhipeng Hu, Zhiwei Wang, Jinxing Chang, Min Zhang, Xiaoping Hu, Zongli Ren, Bowen Li, Rui Hu

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Prevalence and clinical significance of pleural effusion in patients with acute pulmonary embolism: a retrospective study

Jiarui Zhang, Haixia Zhou, Adila Aili, Maoyun Wang, Yongchun Shen, Qun Yi

PDF Pages: 541-551 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Correlation analysis between serum neuron-specific enolase and the detection of gene mutations in lung adenocarcinoma

Fang-Zhou Xu, Yan-Bei Zhang

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Overweight is associated with better one-year survival in elderly patients after cardiac surgery: a retrospective analysis of the MIMIC-III database

Yiran Zhang, Qi Zheng, Xiaoyi Dai, Xingjie Xu, Liang Ma

PDF Pages: 562-574 Full Text Reporting Checklist COI Form Open Access

Hiatal hernia after robotic-assisted coronary artery bypass graft surgery

Rami M. Abazid, Alireza Khatami, Jonathan G. Romsa, James C. Warrington, Cigdem Akincioglu, Robert Z. Stodilka, Stephanie Fox, Bob Kiaii, William C. Vezina

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Red blood cell distribution width is associated with adverse cardiovascular events after septal myectomy

Shengwei Wang, Changpeng Song, Hao Cui, Changsheng Zhu, Rong Wu, Xiaohong Huang, Yongqiang Lai, Shuiyun Wang

PDF Pages: 582-513 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Quality assessment of robot assisted thoracic surgical resection of non-small cell lung cancer: nodal upstaging and mediastinal recurrence

Ghada M. Shahin, Besir Topal, Sjaak Pouwels, Thanasie L. Markou, Rody Boon, Jos A. Stigt

PDF Pages: 592-599 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

The value of multidisciplinary team (MDT) management in the diagnosis and treatment of primary intrathoracic synovial sarcomas: a single-center experience

Huayu He, Lin Yang, Yue Peng, Li Liu, Lei Liu, Qi Xue, Shugeng Gao

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Chronic chest pain and paresthesia after video-assisted thoracoscopy for primary pneumothorax

Maria Cattoni, Nicola Rotolo, Maria Giovanna Mastromarino, Giuseppe Cardillo, Mario Nosotti, Paolo Mendogni, Alessandro Rizzi, Federico Raveglia, Alessandra Siciliani, Erino Angelo Rendina, Lucio Cagini, Alberto Matricardi, Pier Luigi Filosso, Erika Passone, Stefano Margaritora, Maria Letizia Vita, Pietro Bertoglio, Andrea Viti, Lorenzo Dominioni, Andrea Imperatori

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Patients with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can generate sufficient inspiratory flows via Easyhaler^® dry powder inhaler: a pooled analysis of two randomized controlled trials

L. Pekka Malmberg, Anna S. Pelkonen, Ville Vartiainen, Mikko Vahteristo, Satu Lähelmä, Rain Jõgi

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The effectiveness of vitamin C for patients with severe viral pneumonia in respiratory failure

Song-I Lee, Chae-Man Lim, Younsuck Koh, Jin-Won Huh, Jae Seung Lee, Sang-Bum Hong

PDF Pages: 632-641 Full Text Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

A single institutional experience with central lung stereotactic body radiation therapy demonstrating encouraging results with increased inter-fraction time

Roman O. Kowalchuk, Michael R. Waters, K. Martin Richardson, Kelly M. Spencer, James M. Larner, Charles R. Kersh

PDF Pages: 642-652 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Increased glucose variability is associated with major adverse events in patients with infective endocarditis undergo surgical treatment

Mengya Liang, Mai Xiong, Yi Zhang, Jiantao Chen, Kangni Feng, Suiqing Huang, Zhongkai Wu

PDF Pages: 653-663 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Effects of lower thoracic sympathicotomy on plantar hyperhidrosis

Seong Cheol Jeong, Jae Jun Kim, In Sub Kim, Yong Hwan Kim, Jung Wook Han, Seok Whan Moon

PDF Pages: 664-670 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Femoral artery cannulation as a safe alternative for aortic dissection arch repair in the era of axillary artery cannulation

Guang Tong, Dong-Lin Zhuang, Zhong-Chan Sun, Ze-Rui Chen, Rui-Xin Fan, Tu-Cheng Sun

PDF Pages: 671-680 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Association between airflow limitation and prognosis in patients with chronic pulmonary aspergillosis

Myoung Kyu Lee, Sae Byol Kim, Ji-Ho Lee, Seok Jeong Lee, Sang-Ha Kim, Won-Yeon Lee, Suk Joong Yong, Jong-Han Lee, Beomsu Shin

PDF Pages: 681-688 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

The expression patterns and prognostic significance of pleckstrin homology-like domain family A (PHLDA) in lung cancer and malignant mesothelioma

Camila M. Baldavira, Juliana Machado-Rugolo, Tabatha G. Prieto, Daniel R. Bastos, Marcelo Balancin, Alexandre M. Ab’Saber, Lygia B. Yaegashi, Paola C. Souza, Cecilia Farhat, Teresa Y. Takagaki, Maria Ap. Nagai, Vera L. Capelozzi

PDF Pages: 689-707 Full Text Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Comparison of short-term clinical outcomes between robot- assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy and video-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Chao Zheng, Xiao-Kun Li, Chi Zhang, Hai Zhou, Sai-Guang Ji, Ji-Hong Zhong, Yang Xu, Zhuang-Zhuang Cong, Gao-Ming Wang, Wen-Jie Wu, Yi Shen

PDF Pages: 708-719 Full Text Reporting Checklist COI Form Open Access

Identification and validation of an autophagy-related long non-coding RNA signature as a prognostic biomarker for patients with lung adenocarcinoma

Aimin Jiang, Na Liu, Shuheng Bai, Jingjing Wang, Huan Gao, Xiaoqiang Zheng, Xiao Fu, Mengdi Ren, Xiaoni Zhang, Tao Tian, Zhiping Ruan, Xuan Liang, Yu Yao

PDF Pages: 720-734 Full Text Reporting Checklist COI Form Open Access

Risk factors for and outcomes of prolonged mechanical ventilation in patients received DeBakey type I aortic dissection repairment

Min Ge, Zhigang Wang, Tao Chen, Yongqing Cheng, Jiaxin Ye, Lichong Lu, Cheng Chen, Dongjin Wang

PDF Pages: 735-742 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Comparative study of the loop-mediated isothermal amplification method and the QIAGEN therascreen PCR kit for the detection of EGFR mutations in non-small cell lung cancer

Yuichi Saito, Nobumasa Takahashi, Atsuka Matsui, Satoru Michiyuki, Yoshikane Yamauchi, Yoshihiko Shimizu, Eishin Hoshi, Yukinori Sakao, Masafumi Kawamura

PDF Pages: 743-753 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Prognostic significance of radiodensity-based skeletal muscle quantification using preoperative CT in resected non-small cell lung cancer

Eun Young Kim, Young Jae Kim, Young Saing Kim, Kun Woo Kim, Ji Young Jeon, Kwang Gi Kim

PDF Pages: 754-761 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Introduction of robotic surgery leads to increased rate of segmentectomy in patients with lung cancer

Anna K. Gergen, Allana M. White, John D. Mitchell, Robert A. Meguid, David A. Fullerton, Christopher D. Scott, Michael J. Weyant

PDF Pages: 762-767 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Effect of vancomycin loading dose on clinical outcome in critically ill patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia

Jin Gu Yoon, Kyungmin Huh, You Min Sohn, Hyo Jung Park, Soo Jin Na, Kyeongman Jeon

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Developing a virtual reality simulation system for preoperative planning of thoracoscopic thoracic surgery

Hideki Ujiie, Aogu Yamaguchi, Alexander Gregor, Harley Chan, Tatsuya Kato, Yasuhiro Hida, Kichizo Kaga, Satoru Wakasa, Chad Eitel, Tod R. Clapp, Kazuhiro Yasufuku

PDF Pages: 778-783 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

No-waiting segmentectomy: an optimized approach for segmentectomy

Changchun Wang, Lei Cai, Qian Chen, Xiaofang Xu, Jinxiao Liang, Weimin Mao, Qixun Chen

PDF Pages: 784-788 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Postoperative atrial fibrillation in pneumonectomy for primary lung cancer

Hao Wang, Zhexin Wang, Mengmeng Zhou, Jindong Chen, Feng Yao, Liang Zhao, Ben He

PDF Pages: 789-802 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Characterisation of a clinical isolated Aspergillus lentulus strain using a Galleria mellonella infection model

Li-Juan Zhang, Xiao-Dong Wang, Ming-Shuo Ji, Hadiliya Hasimu, Paride Abliz

PDF Pages: 803-811 Full Text Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Estimating the risk of conversion from video-assisted thoracoscopic lung surgery to thoracotomy—a systematic review and meta-analysis

Alexandra D. Power, Robert E. Merritt, Mahmoud Abdel-Rasoul, Susan D. Moffatt-Bruce, Desmond M. D’Souza, Peter J. Kneuertz

PDF Pages: 812-823 Full Text Reporting Checklist COI Form Open Access

Risk factors of chest wall invasion in non-small cell lung cancer

Nozomu Motono, Shun Iwai, Aika Yamagata, Yoshihito Iijima, Katsuo Usuda, Sohsuke Yamada, Hidetaka Uramoto

PDF Pages: 824-830 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Application of extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation in adult patients with refractory cardiac arrest

Ji-Ge Guo, Jie Cao, Wei-Min Zhang, Fan-Gang Meng, Zheng Zhang, Bi-Jun Xu, Xi-Ming Qian

PDF Pages: 831-836 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Clinical impact of forced vital capacity on exercise performance in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Seong Mi Moon, Jun Hyeok Lim, Yun Soo Hong, Kyeong-Cheol Shin, Chang Youl Lee, Do Jin Kim, Sang Haak Lee, Ki Suck Jung, Chang-Hoon Lee, Kwang Ha Yoo, Hyun Lee, Hye Yun Park

PDF Pages: 837-846 Full Text Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Risk factors and survival analysis of arrhythmia following lung cancer surgery: a retrospective study

Jialin Gong, Xiaofei Wang, Zuo Liu, Shuang Yao, Zengtuan Xiao, Mengzhe Zhang, Zhenfa Zhang

PDF Pages: 847-860 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Sarcopenia after induction therapy is associated with reduced survival in patients undergoing esophagectomy for locally-advanced esophageal cancer

Connor J. Wakefield, Fadi Hamati, Justin M. Karush, Andrew T. Arndt, Nicole Geissen, Michael J. Liptay, Jeffrey A. Borgia, Sanjib Basu, Christopher W. Seder

PDF Pages: 861-869 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

A population-based predictive model predicting candidate for primary tumor surgery in patients with metastatic esophageal cancer

Zhichao Liu, Xiaobin Zhang, Bin Li, Haoyao Jiang, Yang Yang, Rong Hua, Yifeng Sun, Zhigang Li

PDF Pages: 870-882 Full Text Reporting Checklist COI Form Open Access

A nomogram for predicting brain metastases of EGFR-mutated lung adenocarcinoma patients and estimating the efficacy of therapeutic strategies

Jing Wang, Baozhong Zhang, Qingsong Pang, Tian Zhang, Xi Chen, Puchun Er, Yuwen Wang, Jinqiang You, Ping Wang

PDF Pages: 883-892 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Clinicopathological features and prognostic analysis of metastatic pulmonary sarcomatoid carcinoma: a SEER analysis

Congjia Xiao, Xudong Yang, Jianqi Hao, Chenglin Guo, Qiang Pu, Lunxu Liu

PDF Pages: 893-905 Full Text Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

How the COVID-19 pandemic changed treatment of severe aortic stenosis: a single cardiac center experience

Bartlomiej Perek, Anna Olasinska-Wisniewska, Marcin Misterski, Mateusz Puslecki, Marek Grygier, Piotr Buczkowski, Maciej Lesiak, Tomasz Stankowski, Lukasz Szarpak, Kurt Ruetzler, Oguz Turan, Marek Jemielity

PDF Pages: 906-917 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Biomechanical strength dependence on mammalian airway length

Zhao Huang, Lei Wang, Chen-Xi Zhang, Zhi-Hao Cai, Wen-Hao Liu, Wei-Miao Li, Shu-Gao Ye, Xiao-Fei Li, Jin-Bo Zhao

PDF Pages: 918-926 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Uniportal approach as an alternative to the three-portal approach to video-assisted thoracic surgery for primary spontaneous pneumothorax

Ryohei Yoshikawa, Natsumi Matsuura, Hitoshi Igai, Tomohiro Yazawa, Fumi Ohsawa, Mitsuhiro Kamiyoshihara

PDF Pages: 927-934 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

MiR-146a mediates TLR-4 signaling pathway to affect myocardial fibrosis in rat constrictive pericarditis model

Yangjie Xiao, Wei Qiao, Xin Wang, Lijuan Sun, Weidong Ren

PDF Pages: 935-945 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Prognostic value of estimated glomerular filtration rate and presence of proteinuria in type B aortic intramural hematoma

Yang Yang, Weihao Li, Mingyuan Liu, Xiaoming Zhang, Qingle Li

PDF Pages: 946-954 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

B-type natriuretic peptide as a surrogate marker for survival in patients undergoing cardiac surgery

Ju Yong Lim, Sung Ho Jung, Suk Jung Choo, Cheol Hyun Chung, Jae Won Lee, Joon Bum Kim

PDF Pages: 955-967 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Association between Asthma and Internet Addiction Status in Korean Adolescents

Chang Hoon Han, Jae Ho Chung, Su Jin Lee

PDF Pages: 968-976 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Analysis of pulmonary nodules caused by nontuberculous mycobacteriosis in 101 resected cases: multi-center retrospective study

Naoko Ose, Yukiyasu Takeuchi, Naoto Kitahara, Akihide Matumura, Ken Kodama, Hiroyuki Shiono, Yoshiyuki Susaki, Yasunobu Funakoshi, Hiroyuki Takabatake, Yasushi Shintani, for the Thoracic Surgery Study Group of Osaka University (TSSGO)

PDF Pages: 977-985 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Characterization of pneumonia and other factors leading to poorer survival across all age groups in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)

Frank D. Weinberg, Lili Zhao, Niranjana Chellappa, Gregory P. Kalemkerian, Nithya Ramnath

PDF Pages: 986-994 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Survival benefit of perioperative chemotherapy for T1–3N0M0 stage esophageal cancer: a SEER database analysis

Yue Shao, Dan Chen, Liu Ye, Xin-Mei Wang, Qing-Chen Wu, Cheng Zhang

PDF Pages: 995-1004 Full Text Reporting Checklist COI Form Open Access

Femoral arterial cannulation remains a safe and reliable option for aortic dissection repair

Anthony Lemaire, Joshua Chao, Lauren Salgueiro, Hirohisa Ikegami, Leonard Y. Lee

PDF Pages: 1005-1010 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Imaging and monitoring in minimally invasive valve surgery using an intra-aortic occlusion device: a single center experience

Calogera Pisano, Andrea Farinaccio, Claudia Altieri, Valentina Ajello, Paolo Nardi, Dionisio Ferdinando Colella, Giovanni Ruvolo

PDF Pages: 1011-1019 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Clinical application of a digital thoracic drainage system for objectifying and quantifying air leak versus the traditional vacuum system: a retrospective observational study

Song Am Lee, Jun Seok Kim, Hyun Keun Chee, Jae Joon Hwang, Michael Ji, Yo Han Kim, Hyeong Ju Moon, Woo Surng Lee

PDF Pages: 1020-1035 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Seasonal interest in pectus excavatum and pectus carinatum: a retrospective analysis of Google Trends data

Piotr Skrzypczak, Mikołaj Kamiński, Krystian Pawlak, Cezary Piwkowki

PDF Pages: 1036-1044 Full Text COI Form Open Access

The impact of pathologic staging of the hilar/mediastinal nodes on outcomes in patients with early-stage NSCLC receiving stereotactic body radiotherapy

Brandon T. Mullins, Dominic T. Moore, M. Patricia Rivera, Lawrence B. Marks, Jason Akulian, Kevin A. Pearlstein, Kyle Wang, Allen C. Burks, Ashley A. Weiner

PDF Pages: 1045-1054 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Surgical septal myectomy outcome for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy after alcohol septal ablation

Qiulan Yang, Changsheng Zhu, Hao Cui, Bing Tang, Shengwei Wang, Qinjun Yu, Shihua Zhao, Yunhu Song, Shuiyun Wang

PDF Pages: 1055-1065 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Mechanical properties of de-epithelialized tracheal allografts

Jinping Wang, Haixiang Zhang, Yang Sun, Pengfei Liu, Shuqin Li, Pengcheng Cui

PDF Pages: 1066-1074 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Mutational signatures in squamous cell carcinoma of the lung

Atsushi Osoegawa, Kazuki Takada, Tatsuro Okamoto, Seijiro Sato, Masayuki Nagahashi, Tetsuzo Tagawa, Masanori Tsuchida, Eiji Oki, Shujiro Okuda, Toshifumi Wakai, Masaki Mori

PDF Pages: 1075-1082 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Pleural effusion post coronary artery bypass surgery: associations and complications

John D. L. Brookes, Michael Williams, Manish Mathew, Tristan Yan, Paul Bannon

PDF Pages: 1083-1089 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Influence of operator volume on early outcomes of septal myectomy for isolated hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy

Haojie Li, Long Deng, Hanning Liu, Sipeng Chen, Chenfei Rao, Yajie Tang, Shuiyun Wang, Sheng Liu, Hansong Sun, Yunhu Song

PDF Pages: 1090-1099 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Clinical effects of cisplatin plus recombinant human endostatin (rh-endostatin) intratumoral injection on malignant central airway obstruction: a retrospective analysis of 319 cases

Yunzhi Zhou, Yongping Gao, Nan Zhang, Xiaoli Li, Hui Wang, Shufang Wang, Jiankun Liu, Hong Gao, Hongwu Wang

PDF Pages: 1100-1105 Full Text Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Clinicopathological characteristics and prognostic factors of primary pulmonary lymphoma

Huayu He, Fengwei Tan, Qi Xue, Lei Liu, Yue Peng, Guangyu Bai, Moyan Zhang, Shugeng Gao

PDF Pages: 1106-1117 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

After-hours esophagectomy may pose additional risk to patients with esophageal cancer

De-Hao Tu, Rirong Qu, Qi Wang, Xiangning Fu

PDF Pages: 1118-1129 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Efficacy and safety of omitting chest drains after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Lin Huang, Henrik Kehlet, Bo Laksáfoss Holbek, Tina Kold Jensen, René Horsleben Petersen

PDF Pages: 1130-1142 Full Text Reporting Checklist COI Form Open Access

Clock dial integrated positioning combined with single utility port video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery: a new localization method for lung tumors

Chao Zhou, Xinming Li, Wentao Li, Jun Qian

PDF Pages: 1143-1150 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Mild hypothermic circulatory arrest with selective cerebral perfusion in open arch surgery

Song-Bo Dong, Kai Zhang, Kai Zhu, Long-Fei Wang, Jun Zheng, Jian-Rong Li, Yong-Min Liu, Li-Zhong Sun, Xu-Dong Pan

PDF Pages: 1151-1161 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Remote monitoring of patient recovery following lung cancer surgery: a messenger application approach

Xinghua Cheng, Yunhai Yang, Yang Shentu, Zhengping Ding, Qianjun Zhou, Qiang Tan, Qingquan Luo

PDF Pages: 1162-1171 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Bioinformatics and integrated analyses of prognosis-associated key genes in lung adenocarcinoma

Huijun Zhu, Haiying Yue, Yiting Xie, Binlin Chen, Yanhua Zhou, Wenqi Liu

PDF Pages: 1172-1186 Full Text Reporting Checklist COI Form Open Access

Three-dimensional computed tomography angiography and bronchography combined with three-dimensional printing for thoracoscopic pulmonary segmentectomy in stage IA non-small cell lung cancer

Wenbin Hu, Kang Zhang, Xiaoliang Han, Jiaming Zhao, Guzong Wang, Shunda Yuan, Binjun He

PDF Pages: 1187-1195 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

The significance of systematic lymph node dissection in surgery for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer patients aged ≤40 years

Zhi-Yi Guo, Jiang-Hao Ren, Yuan-Yuan Xu, Rui-Jun Liu, Hui Tao, Jia Huang, Qiang Tan

PDF Pages: 1196-1204 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Curative efficacy might be an early predictor of prognosis in patients with small cell lung cancer treated with 2 cycles of platinum-based first-line chemotherapy

Kaibo Zhu, Minlin Jiang, Yi Xu, Peixin Chen, Hao Wang, Jia Yu, Jun Zhu, Wencheng Zhao, Die Meng, Yayi He

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Machine learning models for predicting critical illness risk in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 pneumonia

Qin Liu, Baoguo Pang, Haijun Li, Bin Zhang, Yumei Liu, Lihua Lai, Wenjun Le, Jianyu Li, Tingting Xia, Xiaoxian Zhang, Changxing Ou, Jianjuan Ma, Shenghao Li, Xiumei Guo, Shuixing Zhang, Qingling Zhang, Min Jiang, Qingsi Zeng

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Review Article

Post-tuberculous lung disease: should we be using Theophylline?

Sumanth Karamchand, Morne Williams, Poobalan Naidoo, Eric Decloedt, Brian Allwood

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Coagulation disorders and thromboembolic disease in COVID-19: review of current evidence in search of a better approach

Alberto García-Ortega, David de la Rosa, Grace Oscullo, Diego Castillo-Villegas, Raquel López-Reyes, Miguel Ángel Martínez-García

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Right ventricular failure after left ventricular assist device implantation: a review of the literature

Valeria Lo Coco, Maria Elena De Piero, Giulio Massimi, Giovanni Chiarini, Giuseppe M. Raffa, Mariusz Kowalewski, Jos Maessen, Roberto Lorusso

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Proton beam radiotherapy for patients with early-stage and advanced lung cancer: a narrative review with contemporary clinical recommendations

Jennifer S. Chiang, Nathan Y. Yu, Thomas B. Daniels, Wei Liu, Steven E. Schild, Terence T. Sio

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iMDT Corner¹

Chest wall trauma leading to a metallic foreign body in the right subclavian vein: a case report

Anping Chen, Gang Xu, Qingyong Cai, Yongxiang Song, Kurt Ruetzler, Robert E. Merritt, Cheng Chen

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Uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery for a tuberculous collar-button abscess of the chest wall involving ribs: a case report

Hongliang Bian, Baihan Su, Chao Wu, Tianshuo Jiang, Xin Zhao, Fangchao Liu, Keli Lin, Qingshan Gao, Yilei Zhang, Michel Gonzalez, Marco Sperandeo, Kyoji Hirai, Zhiyong Su

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Erratum

Erratum to clinical implication of MEN1 mutation in surgically resected thymic carcinoid patients

Editorial Office

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Erratum to impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on sleep

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Original Article

Nonintubated thoracoscopic lung resection: a 3-year experience with 285 cases in a single institution

Ke-Cheng Chen, Ya-Jung Cheng, Ming-Hui Hung, Yu-Ding Tseng, Jin-Shing Chen

Delays in the diagnosis of lung cancer

Peter M Ellis, Rachel Vandermeer

The diagnostic utility of endobronchial ultrasonography with a guide sheath and tomosynthesis images for ground glass opacity pulmonary lesions

Takehiro Izumo, Shinji Sasada, Christine Chavez, Takaaki Tsuchida

Hydration with magnesium and mannitol without furosemide prevents the nephrotoxicity induced by cisplatin and pemetrexed in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer

Keiko Muraki, Ryo Koyama, Yuichiro Honma, Shigehiro Yagishita, Takehito Shukuya, Rina Ohashi, Fumiyuki Takahashi, Kenji Kido, Shin-ichiro Iwakami, Shinichi Sasaki, Akihiko Iwase, Kazuhisa Takahashi

Local control rates with five-fraction stereotactic body radiotherapy for oligometastatic cancer to the lung

Deepinder Singh, Yuhchyau Chen, Mary Z. Hare, Kenneth Y. Usuki, Hong Zhang, Thomas Lundquist, Neil Joyce, Michael C. Schell, Michael T. Milano

Theoretical models of carcinogenic particle deposition and clearance in children’s lungs

Robert Sturm

A novel paradigm in the treatment of oligometastatic non-small cell lung cancer

Salma K Jabbour, Parima Daroui, Dirk Moore, Edward Licitra, Molly Gabel, Joseph Aisner

Radiotherapy for a second primary lung cancer arising post-pneumonectomy: planning considerations and clinical outcomes

Sashendra Senthi, Cornelis J. A. Haasbeek, Frank J. Lagerwaard, Wilko F. Verbakel, Patricia F. de Haan, Ben J. Slotman, Suresh Senan

Impact of metformin use on survival in locally-advanced, inoperable non-small cell lung cancer treated with definitive chemoradiation

Inaya Ahmed, Adam Ferro, Alan Cohler, John Langenfeld, Sujani G. Surakanti, Joseph Aisner, Wei Zou, Bruce G. Haffty, Salma K. Jabbour

Utility of EBUS-TBNA for diagnosis of mediastinal tuberculous lymphadenitis: a multicentre Australian experience

James Geake, Gary Hammerschlag, Phan Nguyen, Peter Wallbridge, Grant A. Jenkin, Tony M. Korman, Barton Jennings, Douglas F. Johnson, Louis B. Irving, Michael Farmer, Daniel P. Steinfort

Comparative outcomes of squamous and non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients in phase II studies of ASA404 (DMXAA) – retrospective analysis of pooled data

Mark J McKeage, Michael B Jameson, AS1404-201 Study Group Investigators

High prevalence of gene abnormalities in young patients with lung cancer

Osamu Nagashima, Rina Ohashi, Yasuko Yoshioka, Ai Inagaki, Manabu Tajima, Yoshika Koinuma, Shin-ichiro Iwakami, Akihiko Iwase, Shinichi Sasaki, Shigeru Tominaga, Kazuhisa Takahashi

Home-based exercise: promising rehabilitation for symptom relief, improved functional status and quality of life for post-surgical lung cancer patients

Amy J. Hoffman, Ruth Ann Brintnall, Alexander von Eye, Lee W. Jones, Gordon Alderink, Lawrence H. Patzelt, Jean K. Brown

Thoracic malignant solitary fibrous tumors: A population-based study of survival

Michael T Milano, Deepinder P Singh, Hong Zhang

Differences in chemosensitivity between primary and paired metastatic lung cancer tissues: In vitro analysis based on the collagen gel droplet embedded culture drug test (CD-DST)

Masahiko Higashiyama, Jiro Okami, Jun Maeda, Toshiteru Tokunaga, Ayako Fujiwara, Ken Kodama, Fumio Imamura, Hisayuki Kobayashi

High-resolution CT findings of patients with pulmonary nocardiosis

Naoki Tsujimoto, Takeshi Saraya, Ken Kikuchi, Saori Takata, Yasuyuki Kurihara, Sayuki Hiraoka, Hiroshi Makino, Shota Yonetani, Koji Araki, Haruyuki Ishii, Hajime Takizawa, Hajime Goto

Signal stratification of autoantibody levels in serum samples and its application to the early detection of lung cancer

Graham F. Healey, Stephen Lam, Peter Boyle, Geoffrey Hamilton-Fairley, Laura J. Peek, John F. R. Robertson

Review Article

Molecular biology of lung cancer

Wendy A. Cooper, David C. L. Lam, Sandra A. O’Toole, John D. Minna

Nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary infections

Margaret M. Johnson, John A. Odell

Treatment of advanced non small cell lung cancer

Maria Anna Bareschino, Clorinda Schettino, Antonio Rossi, Paolo Maione, Paola Claudia Sacco, Rosario Zeppa, Cesare Gridelli

Chemotherapy advances in small-cell lung cancer

Bryan A. Chan, Jermaine I. G. Coward

Electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy: A descriptive analysis

Steven Leong, Hong Ju, Henry Marshall, Rayleen Bowman, Ian Yang, Ann-Maree Ree, Cathy Saxon, Kwun M Fong

Targeted therapy in lung cancer: IPASS and beyond, keeping abreast of the explosion of targeted therapies for lung cancer

Peter Savas, Brett Hughes, Benjamin Solomon

Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy for stage I NSCLC: Recent advances and controversies

Suresh Senan, David A. Palma, Frank J. Lagerwaard

The anticipation and management of air leaks and residual spaces post lung resection

Michael Rolf Mueller, Beatrice A. Marzluf

Exploiting sensitization windows of opportunity in hyper and hypo-fractionated radiation therapy

Anish Prasanna, Mansoor M. Ahmed, Mohammed Mohiuddin, C. Norman Coleman

Ultrasound techniques in the evaluation of the mediastinum, part 2: mediastinal lymph node anatomy and diagnostic reach of ultrasound techniques, clinical work up of neoplastic and inflammatory mediastinal lymphadenopathy using ultrasound techniques and how to learn mediastinal endosonography

Christian Jenssen, Jouke Tabe Annema, Paul Clementsen, Xin-Wu Cui, Mathias Maximilian Borst, Christoph Frank Dietrich

Revisiting signs, strengths and weaknesses of Standard Chest Radiography in patients of Acute Dyspnea in the Emergency Department

Luciano Cardinale, Giovanni Volpicelli, Alessandro Lamorte, Jessica Martino, Andrea veltri

The continuing role of chemotherapy for advanced non-small cell lung cancer in the targeted therapy era

Zarnie Lwin, Jonathan W. Riess, David Gandara

MicroRNAs in mesothelioma: from tumour suppressors and biomarkers to therapeutic targets

Glen Reid

Pleural controversies: image guided biopsy vs. thoracoscopy for undiagnosed pleural effusions?

Giles Dixon, Duneesha de Fonseka, Nick Maskell

Preservation solutions for cardiac and pulmonary donor grafts: a review of the current literature

Nicholas Latchana, Joshua R. Peck, Bryan Whitson, Sylvester M. Black

Active-specific immunotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer

Hauke Winter, Natasja K. van den Engel, Margareta Rusan, Nina Schupp, Christian H. Poehlein, Hong Ming Hu, Rudolf A. Hatz, Walter J. Urba, Karl Walter Jauch, Bernard A. Fox, Dominik Rüttinger

Advanced imaging in COPD: insights into pulmonary pathophysiology

Stephen Milne, Gregory G. King

Advances in lung adenocarcinoma classification: a summary of the new international multidisciplinary classification system (IASLC/ATS/ERS)

Elizabeth R. Tang, Andrew M. Schreiner, Bradley B. Pua

Diagnosis and early detection of COPD using spirometry

David P. Johns, Julia A.E. Walters, E. Haydn Walters

Improving radiotherapy planning, delivery accuracy, and normal tissue sparing using cutting edge technologies

Carri K. Glide-Hurst, Indrin J. Chetty

Pediatric lung transplantation: indications and outcomes

Stephen Kirkby, Don Hayes Jr

Staging lymph node metastases from lung cancer in the mediastinum

Mario D. Terán, Malcolm V. Brock

JTD special edition ‘Hot Topics in COPD’—The microbiome in COPD

Daniel C. Chambers, Shaan L. Gellatly, Philip Hugenholtz, Philip M. Hansbro

Lung donor selection criteria

John Chaney, Yoshikazu Suzuki, Edward Cantu III, Victor van Berkel

Molecular markers to predict clinical outcome and radiation induced toxicity in lung cancer

Joshua D. Palmer, Nicholas G. Zaorsky, Matthew Witek, Bo Lu

Lung cancer screening: identifying the high risk cohort

Michael W. Marcus, Olaide Y. Raji, John K. Field

Pleural controversies: indwelling pleural catheter vs. pleurodesis for malignant pleural effusions

Marc Fortin, Alain Tremblay

New techniques for assessing response after hypofractionated radiotherapy for lung cancer

Sarah A. Mattonen, Kitty Huang, Aaron D. Ward, Suresh Senan, David A. Palma

Supportive and palliative care for lung cancer patients

Patsy Yates, Penelope Schofield, Isabella Zhao, David Currow

Editorial

Stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) for lung cancer: What does the future hold?

Billy W Loo Jr

Case Report

First report of a novel liquid nitrogen adjustable flow spray cryotherapy (SCT) device in the bronchoscopic treatment of disease of the central tracheo-bronchial airways

Robert Browning, Scott Parrish, Saiyad Sarkar, J. Francis Turner Jr

Severe amiodarone induced pulmonary toxicity

Nicholas Nacca, Castigliano M Bhamidipati, Luke S Yuhico, Sowmya Pinnamaneni, Tamas Szombathy

Guideline

Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma

Nico van Zandwijk, Christopher Clarke, Douglas Henderson, A. William Musk, Kwun Fong, Anna Nowak, Robert Loeragan, Brian McCaughan, Michael Boyer, Malcolm Feigen, David Currow, Penelope Schofeild, Beth Ivimey Nick Pavlakis, Jocelyn McLean, Henry Marshall, Steven Leong, Victoria Keena, Andrew Penman

Research Highlight

Gene expression assays as prognostic and predictive markers in early stage non-small cell lung cancer

Tom Donnem, Roy M Bremnes, Lill-Tove Busund, Sigve Andersen, Francesco Pezzella

Short Communication

The sleep apnea cardiovascular endpoints (SAVE) trial: Rationale and start-up phase

R Doug McEvoy, Craig S Anderson, Nick A Antic, Baoyuan Chen, Quanying He, Emma Heeley, Shaoguang Huang, Yining Huang, Jiguang Wang, Nanshan Zhong

Circulating Tumor Cells

Detection methods of circulating tumor cells

Klaus Pantel, Catherine Alix-Panabières

Original Article

Esophageal cancer incidence and mortality in China, 2009

Wanqing Chen, Yutong He, Rongshou Zheng, Siwei Zhang, Hongmei Zeng, Xiaonong Zou, Jie He

Catamenial pneumothorax: a rare entity? Report of 5 cases and review of the literature

Aikaterini N. Visouli, Kaid Darwiche, Andreas Mpakas, Paul Zarogoulidis, Antonios Papagiannis, Kosmas Tsakiridis, Nikolaos Machairiotis, Aikaterini Stylianaki, Nikolaos Katsikogiannis, Nicolaos Courcoutsakis, Konstantinos Zarogoulidis

Clinicopathological and prognostic significance of programmed cell death ligand1 (PD-L1) expression in patients with non-small cell lung cancer: a meta-analysis

Zhen-Kui Pan, Feng Ye, Xuan Wu, Han-Xiang An, Jing-Xun Wu

Nonintubated thoracoscopic lung resection: a 3-year experience with 285 cases in a single institution

Ke-Cheng Chen, Ya-Jung Cheng, Ming-Hui Hung, Yu-Ding Tseng, Jin-Shing Chen

Review Article

Molecular biology of lung cancer

Wendy A. Cooper, David C. L. Lam, Sandra A. O’Toole, John D. Minna

Asthma-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease overlap syndrome (ACOS): current literature review

Antonis Papaiwannou, Paul Zarogoulidis, Konstantinos Porpodis, Dionysios Spyratos, Ioannis Kioumis, Georgia Pitsiou, Athanasia Pataka, Kosmas Tsakiridis, Stamatis Arikas, Andreas Mpakas, Theodora Tsiouda, Nikolaos Katsikogiannis, Ioanna Kougioumtzi, Nikolaos Machairiotis, Stavros Siminelakis, Alexander Kolettas, George Kessis, Thomas Beleveslis, Konstantinos Zarogoulidis

Nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary infections

Margaret M. Johnson, John A. Odell

Epidemiology and prognosis of breast cancer in young women

Hussein A. Assi, Katia E. Khoury, Haifa Dbouk, Lana E. Khalil, Tarek H. Mouhieddine, Nagi S. El Saghir

Treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)

Konstantinos Zarogoulidis, Paul Zarogoulidis, Kaid Darwiche, Efimia Boutsikou, Nikolaos Machairiotis, Kosmas Tsakiridis, Nikolaos Katsikogiannis, Ioanna Kougioumtzi, Ilias Karapantzos, Haidong Huang, Dionysios Spyratos

Current management of esophageal cancer

Xavier Benoit D’Journo, Pascal Alexandre Thomas

A review of current and novel therapies for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Rokhsara Rafii, Maya M. Juarez, Timothy E. Albertson, Andrew L. Chan

Pneumothorax after transthoracic needle biopsy of lung lesions under CT guidance

Tatjana Boskovic, Jelena Stanic, Slobodanka Pena-Karan, Paul Zarogoulidis, Kostas Drevelegas, Nikolaos Katsikogiannis, Nikolaos Machairiotis, Andreas Mpakas, Kosmas Tsakiridis, Georgios Kesisis, Theodora Tsiouda, Ioanna Kougioumtzi, Stamatis Arikas, Konstantinos Zarogoulidis

Right heart failure post left ventricular assist device implantation

Mihalis Argiriou, Styliani-Maria Kolokotron, Timothy Sakellaridis, Orestis Argiriou, Christos Charitos, Paul Zarogoulidis, Nikolaos Katsikogiannis, Ioanna Kougioumtzi, Nikolaos Machairiotis, Theodora Tsiouda, Kosmas Tsakiridis, Konstantinos Zarogoulidis

The pivotal role of pathology in the management of lung cancer

Morgan R. Davidson, Adi F. Gazdar, Belinda E. Clarke

Cardiac regeneration: current therapies—future concepts

Stefanie A. Doppler, Marcus-André Deutsch, Rüdiger Lange, Markus Krane

Mechanistic impact of outdoor air pollution on asthma and allergic diseases

Shau-Ku Huang, Qingling Zhang, Zhiming Qiu, Kian Fan Chung

Guideline

Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma

Uniportal VATS

Geometrical Characteristics of Uniportal VATS

Luca Bertolaccini, Gaetano Rocco, Andrea Viti, Alberto Terzi

Review Article on Respiratory Sleep Disorders

Obstructive sleep apnea is a common disorder in the population—a review on the epidemiology of sleep apnea

Karl A. Franklin, Eva Lindberg

Review Article on Pollutional Haze

The impact of PM2.5 on the human respiratory system

Yu-Fei Xing, Yue-Hua Xu, Min-Hua Shi, Yi-Xin Lian

Original Article

Suppressive oligonucleotides inhibit inflammation in a murine model of mechanical ventilator induced lung injury

Julia Scheiermann, Dennis M. Klinman

Five-year update on the mouse model of orthotopic lung transplantation: Scientific uses, tricks of the trade, and tips for success

Xue Lin, Wenjun Li, Jiaming Lai, Mikio Okazaki, Seiichiro Sugimoto, Sumiharu Yamamoto, Xingan Wang, Andrew E. Gelman, Daniel Kreisel, Alexander Sasha Krupnick

A pooled analysis of advanced nonsquamous non-small cell lung cancer patients with stable treated brain metastases in two phase II trials receiving bevacizumab and pemetrexed as second-line therapy

Matthew A. Gubens, Jody C. Chuang, Wallace Akerley, Corey J. Langer, Christelle Clément- Duchêne, Melanie San Pedro-Salcedo, A. Dimitrios Colevas, Konstantin Dragnev, Mark A. Socinski, Heather A. Wakelee

Pleurodesis: a comparison of two sclerosing agents for pleural effusions in Mozambique

Ivo Figueiredo, Anilsa Cossa, Anila Hassane, José Sousa, Joaquim Pondo, João Teixeira, Kevan Akrami, Susannah K. Graves, Atul Malhotra, Elizabete A. Nunes

Review Article

Atypical antibody responses to influenza

Dalton Hermans, Richard J. Webby, Sook-San Wong

What can individuals do to reduce personal health risks from air pollution?

Robert Laumbach, Qingyu Meng, Howard Kipen

The role of rotors in atrial fibrillation

David E. Krummen, Vijay Swarup, Sanjiv M. Narayan

Current outcomes of off-pump versus on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: evidence from randomized controlled trials

Daniel Fudulu, Umberto Benedetto, Gustavo Guida Pecchinenda, Pierpaolo Chivasso, Vito Domenico Bruno, Filippo Rapetto, Alan Bryan, Gianni Davide Angelini

Staging lymph node metastases from lung cancer in the mediastinum

Mario D. Terán, Malcolm V. Brock

Improving radiotherapy planning, delivery accuracy, and normal tissue sparing using cutting edge technologies

Carri K. Glide-Hurst, Indrin J. Chetty

Esophageal cancer: staging system and guidelines for staging and treatment

Mark F. Berry

Implementing the new IASLC/ATS/ERS classification of lung adenocarcinomas: results from international and Chinese cohorts

Ming-Ching Lee, Kyuichi Kadota, Daniel Buitrago, David R. Jones, Prasad S. Adusumilli

Premature menopause in young breast cancer: effects on quality of life and treatment interventions

Shoshana M. Rosenberg, Ann H. Partridge

Strategies for the acquisition of transcriptional and epigenetic information in single cells

Guang Li, Elda Dzilic, Nick Flores, Alice Shieh, Sean M. Wu

The role of transforming growth factor (TGF)-β in the infarcted myocardium

Nikolaos G. Frangogiannis

Utility of cardiac magnetic resonance for evaluation of mitral regurgitation prior to mitral valve surgery

Neil K. Mehta, Jiwon Kim, Jonathan Y. Siden, Sara Rodriguez-Diego, Javid Alakbarli, Antonino Di Franco, Jonathan W. Weinsaft

Adjuvant, neoadjuvant, and definitive radiation therapy for malignant pleural mesothelioma

Gwendolyn Cramer, Charles B. Simone II, Theresa M. Busch, Keith A. Cengel

Editorial

Conservatism strikes back: later is better than earlier dialysis for acute kidney injury

Dana Bielopolski, Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh

Sleep and critical illness: bridging the two pillars at the ATS 2016

Stuti J. Jaiswal, Atul Malhotra, Robert L. Owens

Temperature and duration targets during post-arrest care: choosing the right prescription for the right patient

John C. Greenwood, Abhishek Bhardwaj, Benjamin S. Abella

Examining the paradox of high high-density lipoprotein and elevated cardiovascular risk

Kavisha Singh, Anand Rohatgi

Mortality after red blood cell transfusions from previously pregnant donors: complexities in the interpretation of large data

Susan Kuldanek, Christopher C. Silliman

Optogenetic tools for cell biological applications

Abhirup Mukherjee, Nicole A. Repina, David V. Schaffer, Ravi S. Kane

Editorial on “Transcription factor SPZ1 promotes TWIST-mediated epithelial—mesenchymal transition and oncogenesis in human liver cancer”

Dan J. Raz

Editorial on “Can CT-PET and endoscopic assessment post-neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy predict residual disease in esophageal cancer”

Chia-Ju Liu, Wei Lu

The hemodynamic impact of acute nasal continuous positive airway pressure treatment in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: is it safe?

Bo Xu, Reena Mehra

Tumor spread through air space (STAS) is an important predictor of clinical outcome in stage IA lung adenocarcinoma

Hui-Zi Chen, Erin M. Bertino, Kai He

Antiviral prophylaxis of cytomegalovirus reactivation in immune competent patients—the jury remains out

Sara A. Mansfield, Charles H. Cook

Allosterically targeting EGFR drug-resistance gatekeeper mutations

Nicholas Spellmon, Chunying Li, Zhe Yang

Imaging homeostatic sleep pressure and circadian rhythm in the human brain

Zhuo Fang, Hengyi Rao

Tumor mutational burden (TMB) as a biomarker of response to immunotherapy in small cell lung cancer

Yanis Boumber

Letter to the Editor

Response to “VATS vs. thoracotomy regarding postoperative chronic pain”

Emine Ozgur Bayman, Kalpaj R. Parekh, John Keech, Timothy J. Brennan

The role of a decision analysis in treatment of T2N0 esophageal cancer

Tara R. Semenkovich, Bryan F. Meyers, Benjamin D. Kozower, Varun Puri

Case Report

Intraoperative near-infrared imaging can identify subcentimeter colorectal cancer lung metastases during pulmonary metastasectomy

Andrew D. Newton, Jarrod D. Predina, Lydia G. Frenzel-Sulyok, Michael H. Shin, Yiqing Wang, Sunil Singhal

A novel strategy for cardiopulmonary support during lung transplantation

Ramiro Fernandez, Malcolm M. DeCamp, Ankit Bharat

Short Communication

Predictive value of pulmonary function measures for short-term outcomes following lung resection: analysis of a single high-volume institution

Lauren J. Taylor, Walker A. Julliard, James D. Maloney

Review Article on Left Ventricular Assist Devices

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

Anne-Marie Leuck

Short Communication of Interventional Pulmonology Corner

Endobronchial ultrasound—guidance for interstitial photodynamic therapy of locally advanced lung cancer—a new interventional concept

Kassem Harris, Emily Oakley, David Bellnier, Gal Shafirstein

Commentary

Insights into ascending aortic aneurysm pathogenesis using in vivo and ex vivo imaging systems in angiotensin II-infused mice

Mary B. Sheppard, Alan Daugherty, Hong Lu

Management of screening-detected stage I lung cancer

Raymond U. Osarogiagbon

New strategies in esophageal carcinoma: promises and problems

Zhaohui Xiong, Jingxi He, Xiaoxin Luke Chen

Below are the latest Journal of Thoracic Disease articles published online ahead of print publication.

Review Article

Teaching non-technical skills: the patient centered approach

Gianluca Casali, Gareth Lock, Nuria M. Novoa

Mobility during and after training: autobiography and advice to early career colleagues

Carolina Torres, Anna Elisabeth Frick

Harmonisation of respiratory medicine: the success story of European curriculum development

Daiana Stolz, Nathalie Tabin, Amy Farr

Structured and evidence-based training of technical skills in respiratory medicine and thoracic surgery

Pia Iben Pietersen, Christian B. Laursen, René Horsleben Petersen, Lars Konge

How to prepare for academic leadership: scientific training curriculum

Isabelle Opitz, Thorsten Walles

Prophylactic cranial irradiation in non-small cell lung cancer: evidence and future development

Justyna Chalubinska-Fendler, Lucyna Kepka

Auditorium of the future: e learning platform

Hasan F. Batirel, Jalal Assouad, Harry Etienne, Xavier Benoit D’Journo

Why do we need harmonization in thoracic surgery: a view from above by the European Union of Medical Specialists

Toni Lerut, Dirk Van Raemdonck, Gilbert Massard

Management of life-threatening hemoptysis in the ICU

Ananth V. Charya, Van K. Holden, Edward M. Pickering

Insights from advancements and pathbreaking research on the minimally invasive treatment of atrial fibrillation

Anna Witkowska, Piotr Suwalski

The role of pulmonary metastasectomy for pulmonary metastasis from head and neck cancer

Satoshi Shiono

Pulmonary metastasectomy: limits to credibility

Tom Treasure, Fergus Macbeth

Foreign body aspiration

Divyansh Bajaj, Ashutosh Sachdeva, Desh Deepak

Radiotherapy for brain metastases from small-cell lung cancer in distinct clinical indications and scenarios

Lucyna Kepka, Joanna Socha, Beata Sas-Korczynska

Pulmonary metastasectomy in germ cell tumors and prostate cancer

Federico Raveglia, Lorenzo Rosso, Mario Nosotti, Giuseppe Cardillo, Gabrielle Maffeis, Marco Scarci

Pulmonary metastasectomy in the era of targeted therapy and immunotherapy

Christopher Y. Bong, B. Mark Smithers, Terence C. Chua

Pulmonary metastasectomy in renal cell carcinoma: a mainstay of multidisciplinary treatment

Joseph Seitlinger, Mathilde Prieto, Joelle Siat, Stéphane Renaud

Lymphadenectomy in pulmonary metastasectomy

Stefan Welter, Varun Gupta, Ioannis Kyritsis

The epidemiology and biology of pulmonary metastases

William D. Gerull, Varun Puri, Benjamin D. Kozower

Managing complications of pleural procedures

John G. Williams, Andrew D. Lerner

An evolving role for endobronchial ultrasonography in the intensive care unit

Or Kalchiem-Dekel, Saamia Hossain, Cosmin Gauran, Jason A. Beattie, Bryan C. Husta, Robert P. Lee, Mohit Chawla

Wound care management: tracheostomy and gastrostomy

Sammar Alsunaid, Van K. Holden, Akshay Kohli, Jose Diaz, Lindsay B. O’Meara

The intersection of bronchoscopy and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

Julie Lin, Laura Frye

Outcomes of robotic esophagectomy

Amy Young, José María Alvarez Gallesio, David B. Sewell, Rebecca Carr, Daniela Molena

Pulmonary metastasectomy in colorectal carcinoma

Paul Beckers, Lawek Berzenji, Suresh K. Yogeswaran, Patrick Lauwers, Giada Bilotta, Nikol Shkarpa, Jeroen Hendriks, Paul E. Van Schil

Medical thoracoscopy in intensive care unit

Sanket Thakore, Abdul Hamid Alraiyes, Fayez Kheir

An overview of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube placement in the intensive care unit

Margaret Wei, Elliot Ho, Pravachan Hegde

Minimally invasive tricuspid valve surgery

Abdelrahman Abdelbar, Ayman Kenawy, Joseph Zacharias

Anesthesia for minimally invasive cardiac surgery

Alexander White, Chinmay Patvardhan, Florian Falter

From less invasive to minimal invasive extracorporeal circulation

Kyriakos Anastasiadis, Polychronis Antonitsis, Apostolos Deliopoulos, Helena Argiriadou

Minimally invasive and robotic coronary artery bypass grafting—a 25-year review

Johannes Bonatti, Stephanie Wallner, Ingo Crailsheim, Martin Grabenwöger, Bernhard Winkler

Combination of immunotherapy and radiotherapy in the treatment of brain metastases from non-small cell lung cancer

Rafal Suwinski

Patient selection and preoperative evaluation of percutaneous dilation tracheostomy in the intensive care unit

Mark Barash, Jonathan S. Kurman

Advanced considerations in organ donors

Hailey M. Shepherd, Jason M. Gauthier, Varun Puri, Daniel Kreisel, Ruben G. Nava

Endoscopic vein harvesting

Enoch Akowuah, Daniel Burns, Joseph Zacharias, Bilal H. Kirmani

Ultrasound use in the ICU for interventional pulmonology procedures

Ivana Milojevic, Kewakebt Lemma, Rahul Khosla

Overview of the outcomes of robotic segmentectomy and lobectomy

Giulia Veronesi, Pierluigi Novellis, Gianluca Perroni

Minimally invasive resection of benign cardiac tumors

Ayman Kenawy, Abdelrahman Abdelbar, Joseph Zacharias

Robotic mitral valve surgery: a review and tips for safely negotiating the learning curve

Caroline Toolan, Kenneth Palmer, Omar Al-Rawi, Tim Ridgway, Paul Modi

Radiotherapy of brain metastasis from lung cancer in limited resource settings

Jai Prakash Agarwal, Anil Tibdewal, Sulagna Mohanty, Naveen Mummudi

Training residents in robotic thoracic surgery

Evan T. Alicuben, Sean C. Wightman, Kimberly A. Shemanski, Elizabeth A. David, Scott M. Atay, Anthony W. Kim

Expression and clinical implications of estrogen receptors in thoracic malignancies: a narrative review

Giulia Pinton, Beatrice Manzotti, Cecilia Balzano, Laura Moro

Hippocampal avoidance in prophylactic cranial irradiation for small cell lung cancer: benefits and pitfalls

Aswin George Abraham, Wilson Roa

Minimally invasive ventricular assist device implantation

Ameen Al-Naamani, Florian Fahr, Asim Khan, Christian Bireta, Michael Nozdrzykowski, Stefan Feder, Nikhil Deshmukh, Manal Jubeh, Sandra Eifert, Khalil Jawad, Uwe Schulz, Michael A. Borger, Diyar Saeed

Robotic first rib resection for thoracic outlet syndrome

Farid Gharagozloo, Nabhan Atiquzzaman, Mark Meyer, Barbara Tempesta, Scott Werden

Managing complications of percutaneous tracheostomy and gastrostomy

Aline N. Zouk, Hitesh Batra

The critical role of learning from investigating and debriefing adverse events

Siva Raja, Virginia R. Litle

Therapeutic bronchoscopy facilitates liberation from mechanical ventilation and improves quality of life for critically ill patients with central airway obstruction

Bryan S. Benn

WBRT for brain metastases from non-small cell lung cancer: for whom and when?—Contemporary point of view

Beata Sas-Korczynska, Monika Rucinska

Local ablative therapy of brain metastasis from non-small cell lung cancer: benefits and limitations

Felipe de Azevedo Rosas, Sérgio Leonardo Favareto, Douglas Guedes de Castro

Radiotherapy in brain metastases from EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer

Shruti Bhandari, Neal Dunlap, Goetz Kloecker

Preoperative evaluation and indications for pulmonary metastasectomy

Ryu Kanzaki, Eriko Fukui, Takashi Kanou, Naoko Ose, Soichiro Funaki, Masato Minami, Yasushi Shintani, Meinoshin Okumura

State of the art: percutaneous tracheostomy in the intensive care unit

Christian Ghattas, Sammar Alsunaid, Edward M. Pickering, Van K. Holden

Beyond the learning curve: a review of complex cases in robotic thoracic surgery

Travis C. Geraci, Joshua Scheinerman, David Chen, Amie Kent, Costas Bizekis, Robert J. Cerfolio, Michael D. Zervos

Results of redo pulmonary metastasectomy

Vincenzo Ambrogi, Alessandro Tamburrini, Riccardo Tajé

Multimodal and palliative treatment of patients with pulmonary metastases

Natalie Baldes, Michael Eberlein, Servet Bölükbas

Minimally invasive mitral valve surgery

Yasir Abu-Omar, Ibrahim T. Fazmin, Jason M. Ali, Marc P. Pelletier

Management of brain metastases in elderly patients with lung cancer

Joanna Socha, Anna Rychter, Lucyna Kepka

Robotic lobectomy: how to teach thoracic residents

Ricardo Mingarini Terra, Pedro Henrique Cunha Leite, Alberto Jorge Monteiro Dela Vega

Does a thoracoscopic approach provide better outcomes for pulmonary metastases?

Aizemaiti Rusidanmu, Wenjie Chin, Jinming Xu, Luming Wang, Zhehao He, Xiayi Lv, Jian Hu

Supportive care for patients with brain metastases from lung cancer

Akanksha Sharma, Maciej M. Mrugala

Global status of the robotic thoracic surgery

Ricardo Mingarini Terra, Pedro Henrique Cunha Leite, Alberto Jorge Monteiro Dela Vega

Development of the fundamentals of thoracic robotic surgery curriculum

Jeffrey S. Levy, Farid Gharagozloo

Original Article

Pulmonary metastasectomy in soft tissue sarcomas: a systematic review

Davor Stamenovic, Peter Hohenberger, Eric Roessner

Prompt surgery is effective for acute type A aortic dissection with cerebral ischemia

Yunxing Xue, Xinlong Tang, Xiyu Zhu, Yuzhou Lu, He Zhang, Wei Xie, Qing Zhou, Dongjin Wang

Nomogram for predicting the overall survival of the patients with oesophageal signet ring cell carcinoma

Feng Wang, Shu-geng Gao, Qi Xue, Feng-wei Tan, Yu-shun Gao, Da-li Wang, You-sheng Mao, Jun Zhao, Yin Li, Xiang-yang Yu, Hong Cheng, Chen-guang Zhao, Ding Yang, Ju-wei Mu

Parenteral prostanoids for severe Group 3 pulmonary hypertension with right ventricular dysfunction

Colin A. Hinkamp, Trushil Shah, Sonja Bartolome, Fernando Torres, Kelly M. Chin

Prevalence of comorbidities in a surgical pectus excavatum population

Ara Shwan Media, Thomas Decker Christensen, Niels Katballe, Hans Kristian Pilegaard, Frank Vincenzo de Paoli

Feasibility of intraoperative diagnosis of lung adenocarcinoma in situ to avoid excessive resection

Toshiyuki Shima, Tomonari Kinoshita, Naomichi Sasaki, Mao Uematsu, Yusuke Sugita, Reiko Shimizu, Masahiko Harada, Tsunekazu Hishima, Aya Yamamoto, Hirotoshi Horio

From McKeown to Ivor Lewis, the learning curve for thoracic lymphadenectomy over the first 100 robotic esophagectomy cases: a retrospective study

Ze-Guo Zhuo, Gang Li, Tie-Niu Song, Gu-Ha Alai, Xu Shen, Yun Wang, Yi-Dan Lin

Clinical significance of microbial colonization identified by initial bronchoscopy in patients with lung cancer requiring chemotherapy

Ji Young Kang, Hye Seon Kang, Jung Won Heo, Yong Hyun Kim, Seung Joon Kim, Sang Haak Lee, Soon Seog Kwon, Youn Jeong Kim

Prognostic value of symptoms at lung cancer diagnosis: a three-year observational study

Dinora Polanco, Lucía Pinilla, Esther Gracia-Lavedan, Anna Mas, Sandra Bertran, Gemma Fierro, Asunción Seminario, Silvia Gómez, Ferrán Barbé

Intercept of minute ventilation versus carbon dioxide output relationship as an index of ventilatory inefficiency in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Fang Lin, Shan Nie, Ranran Zhao, Min Cao, Wei Yuan, Yunxiao Li, Chunting Tan, Bo Xu, Haoyan Wang

Can peritumoral regions increase the efficiency of machine-learning prediction of pathological invasiveness in lung adenocarcinoma manifesting as ground-glass nodules?

Xiang Wang, Kaili Chen, Wei Wang, Qingchu Li, Kai Liu, Qianyun Li, Xing Cui, Wenting Tu, Hongbiao Sun, Shaochun Xu, Rongguo Zhang, Yi Xiao, Li Fan, Shiyuan Liu

Preoperative coronary artery calcifications in veterans predict higher all-cause mortality in early-stage lung cancer: a cohort study

Maren E. Shipe, Amelia W. Maiga, Stephen A. Deppen, Gretchen C. Edwards, Hannah N. Marmor, Rhonda Pinkerman, Gary T. Smith, Elizabeth Lio, Johnny L. Wright, Chirayu Shah, Jonathan C. Nesbitt, Eric L. Grogan

Changes of quantitative CT-based airway wall dimensions in patients with COVID-19 during early recovery

Jiaxuan Xu, Zhenyu Liang, Wenhua Jian, Jianyu Li, Guoyan Tang, Xiaoneng Mo, Dongying Zhang, Jinping Zheng, Yuanxin Qian, Jinxin Liu, Shiyue Li

Musashi 2 (MSI2) expression as an independent prognostic biomarker in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)

Iuliia Topchu, Nikolai Karnaukhov, Alexandra Mazitova, Veronika Yugai, Mark Voloshin, Mariya Tikhomirova, Oleg Kit, Elena Frantsiyants, Leonid Kharin, Tamara Airapetova, Ekaterina Ratner, Alexey Sabirov, Zinaida Abramova, Iliya Serebriiskii, Yanis Boumber, Alexander Deneka

Thoracic surgery and COVID-19: changes and managements during the pandemic

Runchen Wang, Ran Zhong, Hengrui Liang, Tianci Zhang, Xinkai Zhou, Zhenyu Huo, Yi Feng, Qixia Wang, Jianfu Li, Shan Xiong, Feng Li, Wenhua Liang, Jianxing He

Outcome of reoperative aortic root or ascending aorta replacement after prior aortic valve replacement

Yaojun Dun, Yi Shi, Hongwei Guo, Yanxiang Liu, Xiangyang Qian, Xiaogang Sun, Cuntao Yu

A comparison of non-intubated video-assisted thoracic surgery with spontaneous ventilation and intubated video-assisted thoracic surgery: a meta-analysis based on 14 randomized controlled trials

Xi-Xuan Zhang, Chun-Tao Song, Zhen Gao, Bin Zhou, Hai-Bo Wang, Qiang Gong, Ben Li, Qiang Guo, He-Fei Li

Integration of cryobiopsies for interstitial lung disease diagnosis is a valid and safe diagnostic strategy—experiences based on 250 biopsy procedures

Sissel Kronborg-White, Sophia Sajitha Sritharan, Line Bille Madsen, Birgitte Folkersen, Nina Voldby, Venerino Poletti, Torben Riis Rasmussen, Elisabeth Bendstrup

Perioperative changes in respiratory impedance in lobectomy and their clinical impact

Ryosuke Kaku, Makoto Yoden, Takuya Shiratori, Kazuki Hayashi, Keigo Okamoto, Yasuhiko Oshio, Yasutaka Nakano, Jun Hanaoka

High serum C-reactive protein levels predict survival in patients with treated advanced lung adenocarcinoma

Takamasa Hotta, Kazuhisa Nakashima, Kojiro Hata, Yukari Tsubata, Takeshi Isobe

The preoperative glomerular filtration rate predicts new-onset postoperative atrial fibrillation in patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy who undergo isolated septal myectomy

Yanhai Meng, Shuiyun Wang, Ping Liu, Yanbo Zhang, Bing Tang, Changsheng Zhu, Shengwei Wang, Qiulan Yang, Tao Lu, Changrong Nie

Does sarcopenia affect postoperative short- and long-term outcomes in patients with lung cancer?—a systematic review and meta-analysis

Yo Kawaguchi, Jun Hanaoka, Yasuhiko Ohshio, Keigo Okamoto, Ryosuke Kaku, Kazuki Hayashi, Takuya Shiratori, Akira Akazawa

Early identification of patients with severe COVID-19 at increased risk of in-hospital death: a multicenter case-control study in Wuhan

Wei Zhou, Yisi Liu, Beibei Xu, Sa Wang, Shusheng Li, Hong Liu, Ziting Huang, Yan Luo, Ming Hu, Wenjuan Wu, Zhanguo Zhang, Xin Long, Wenbin Zou, Yi Bian, Xiaojing Zou, Malcolm Elliott, Lanxin Yue, Huifang Deng, Hairong Chen, Xueli Gao, Ying Wu, Minghao Fang, Boli Zhang, Yue Gao

Functional disability and post-traumatic stress disorder in survivors of mechanical ventilation: a cross-sectional study in Guangzhou, China

Ronghua Li, Ying Zhou, Xiaoqing Liu, Jingye Huang, Lihua Chen, Huijin Zhang, Yimin Li

Effect of OM-85 BV on reducing bronchiectasis exacerbation in Chinese patients: the iPROBE study

Jinming Gao, Lun Li, Nan Jiang, Ying Liao, Lingfei Kong, Yuanlin Song, Jinfu Xu, Jie Cao, Yuping Li, Chengli Que, Roy A. Pleasants

Editorial

Methodology of curriculum development

Nathalie Tabin, Carine Pannetier, Daiana Stolz

Specialist training in Europe: introduction to a special issue of the Journal of Thoracic Diseases

Gilbert Massard, Daiana Stolz

The intersection of interventional pulmonology and critical care

Jonathan S. Kurman, Ashutosh Sachdeva, Rahul Nanchal

Treatment of brain metastases from lung cancer: challenging the historical nihilism concerning prognosis

Lucyna Kepka

Outcomes and technique of robotic diaphragm plication

Lana Schumacher, Danjing Zhao

Modern management of pulmonary metastases (Preface)

Khosro Hekmat

Minimally invasive cardiac surgery—a Fad or the Future?

Jason M. Ali, Yasir Abu-Omar

Surgical Technique

Implementation of simulation-based crisis training in robotic thoracic surgery: how to improve safety and performance?

Jean-Marc Baste, Benjamin Bottet, Jean Selim, Matthieu Sarsam, Antoine Lefevre-Scelles, Marie-Melody Dusseaux, Sébastien Franchina, Anne-Sophie Palenzuela, Abdeslam Chagraoui, Christophe Peillon, Alexandre Thouroude, Jean-Pierre Henry, Jean-Michel M. Coq, Louis Sibert, Cédric Damm