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Thoracic Surgery Worldwide (Ongoing)

Starting in 2021, the Journal of Thoracic Disease (JTD) will be launching a new regular feature in each issue entitled “Thoracic Surgery Worldwide”. The aim of this series is to showcase the status of Thoracic Surgery around the world. This Series is edited by Dr Alan Sihoe from Gleneagles Hong Kong Hospital, HK.

Esophageal Surgery Academic Week

It's time for the annual ISES (international summit of esophageal surgery) again. Due to the effects of COVID-19, we have switched our event to virtual format in 2020, and extended the program duration to one week, every day from 6 to 9pm. Due to the inconsistency of the epidemic situation in various countries, the experts invited by ISES in 2020 are limited to China. But this year we are going to invite international experts to participate again, and English is the language of the conference.

We are now very excited to announce the virtual ISES 2021 event, which will take place between April 11 and 16, 2021.

Pulmonary Metastases

In this series, we offer a comprehensive synopsis of the management of different primary tumors with lung metastases. The treatment strategies for lung metastases has become more complex. The lack of consensus guidelines forces us to discuss the indication for lung metastasis surgery as part of a multidisciplinary tumor board, which is made up of pneumologists, medical oncologists, radiologists, pathologists and surgeons. With the development of more effective systemic therapy for pulmonary metastatic disease, it is probable that more patients will be considered candidates for a multimodal management of pulmonary metastases from different primary tumors. Read More>>

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.

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.

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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Vol 13, No 3 (March, 2021)

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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 >>

GARD Section more

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.

The China Asthma Alliance

The Brazilian Society of Thoracic Surgery (SBCT)

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Editorial Commentary

Different segments different survival for T1N0 non-small cell lung cancer: should we change our paradigm in patients with superior segment tumors?

Fabrizio Minervini, Marco Scarci

PDF Pages: 1303-1305 Full Text COI Form Open Access

Original Article

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

PDF Pages: 1306-1314 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

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

PDF Pages: 1315-1326 Full Text Reporting Checklist COI Form Open Access

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

PDF Pages: 1327-1337 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

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

PDF Pages: 1338-1346 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

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

PDF Pages: 1347-1357 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

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

PDF Pages: 1358-1369 Full Text Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

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

PDF Pages: 1370-1379 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

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

PDF Pages: 1380-1395 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Adult pectus excavatum repair: national outcomes of the Nuss and Ravitch procedures

Joseph G. Brungardt, Patrick W. Chizek, Kurt P. Schropp

PDF Pages: 1396-1402 Full Text Reporting Checklist COI Form Open Access

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

PDF Pages: 1403-1412 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

IRAK-M knockout promotes allergic airway inflammation, but not airway hyperresponsiveness, in house dust mite-induced experimental asthma model

Xudong Zhang, Mingqiang Zhang, Lun Li, Wei Chen, Wexun Zhou, Jinming Gao

PDF Pages: 1413-1426 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

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

PDF Pages: 1427-1433 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Is the size of the lepidic component negligible when measuring the size of the tumor to determine the stage of lung adenocarcinoma?

Youngkyu Moon

PDF Pages: 1434-1444 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Surgical site infection at chest tube drainage site following pulmonary resection for malignant lesions

Takashi Akiyama, Motoki Yano, Hiroki Numanami, Masayuki Yamaji, Rumiko Taguchi, Chihiro Furuta, Yuka Kitagawa, Rintaro Imazu, Masayuki Haniuda

PDF Pages: 1445-1454 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

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

PDF Pages: 1455-1465 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

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

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

PDF Pages: 1466-1475 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

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

PDF Pages: 1476-1484 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

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

PDF Pages: 1485-1494 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Computed tomography-based visual assessment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: comparison with pulmonary function test and quantitative computed tomography

Han Sol Kang, So Hyeon Bak, Ha Yeun Oh, Myoung-Nam Lim, Yoon Ki Cha, Hyun Jung Yoon, Woo Jin Kim

PDF Pages: 1495-1506 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

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

PDF Pages: 1507-1516 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

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

PDF Pages: 1517-1530 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

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

PDF Pages: 1531-1542 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

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

PDF Pages: 1543-1552 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

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

PDF Pages: 1553-1563 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

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

PDF Pages: 1564-1575 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) for patients with stage I non-small cell lung cancer is applicable to more tumors than sublobar resection

Andrew J. Song, Nathaniel Evans, Scott Cowan, Jenny Guo, Tingting Zhan, Bo Lu, Maria Werner-Wasik

PDF Pages: 1576-1583 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Correlation with spontaneous pneumothorax and weather change, especially warm front approaching

Yuka Kaneko, Yoshihiro Utsushikawa, Hiroyuki Deguchi, Makoto Tomoyasu, Satoshi Kudo, Wataru Shigeeda, Ryuichi Yoshimura, Hironaga Kanno, Hajime Saito

PDF Pages: 1584-1591 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

The recent 10-year landscape of aortic dissection research: a bibliometric analysis

Jinlin Wu, Rui Zhao, Donglin Zhuang, Jiade Zhu, Haiyun Zheng, Jimei Chen

PDF Pages: 1592-1602 Full Text COI Form Open Access

Recurrence of primary spontaneous pneumothorax following bullectomy with pleurodesis or pleurectomy: A retrospective analysis

Shawn Brophy, Kelly Brennan, Daniel French

PDF Pages: 1603-1611 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

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

PDF Pages: 1612-1623 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

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

PDF Pages: 1624-1640 Full Text Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

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

PDF Pages: 1641-1651 Full Text Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Prevalence of comorbidities in a surgical pectus excavatum population

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

PDF Pages: 1652-1657 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Molecular characterization of advanced non-small cell lung cancer patients by cfDNA analysis: experience from routine laboratory practice

José Manuel González de Aledo-Castillo, Ainara Arcocha, Iván Victoria, Ana Isabel Martinez-Puchol, Cristina Sánchez, Pedro Jares, Gabriel Felipe Rodríguez, Núria Viñolas, Roxana Reyes, Noemí Reguart, Joan Antón Puig-Butillé

PDF Pages: 1658-1670 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Minimally-invasive versus transcatheter aortic valve implantation: systematic review with meta-analysis of propensity-matched studies

Mathew P. Doyle, Kei Woldendorp, Martin Ng, Michael P. Vallely, Michael K. Wilson, Tristan D. Yan, Paul G. Bannon

PDF Pages: 1671-1683 Full Text Reporting Checklist COI Form Open Access

Prenatal and postnatal exposure to Bisphenol A and Asthma: a systemic review and meta-analysis

Mindan Wu, Shuyi Wang, Qingyu Weng, Haixia Chen, Jiaxin Shen, Zhouyang Li, Yanping Wu, Yun Zhao, Miao Li, Yinfang Wu, Shiyi Yang, Qichuan Zhang, Huahao Shen

PDF Pages: 1684-1696 Full Text Reporting Checklist COI Form Open Access

Aspirin plus ticagrelor or clopidogrel on graft patency one year after coronary bypass grafting: a single-center, randomized, controlled trial

Yangfeng Tang, Xinli Fan, Boyao Zhang, Jiajun Zhang, Qin Xue, Zhiyun Xu, Lin Han

PDF Pages: 1697-1705 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Predictors and long-term prognosis of left ventricular aneurysm in patients with acute anterior myocardial infarction treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention in the contemporary era

Jieyun You, Liming Gao, Yunli Shen, Wei Guo, Xingxu Wang, Qing Wan, Xiaoyan Wang, Jian Wu, Qi Zhang

PDF Pages: 1706-1716 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Simultaneous bilateral thoracoscopic lobectomy for synchronous bilateral multiple primary lung cancer—single center experience

Hui Zheng, Qiao Peng, Dong Xie, Liang Duan, Deping Zhao, Gening Jiang, Yuming Zhu, Chang Chen

PDF Pages: 1717-1727 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Serum creatinine as a predictor of mortality in patients readmitted to the intensive care unit after cardiac surgery: a retrospective cohort study in China

Jun Zhong, Jian Gao, Jing-Chao Luo, Ji-Li Zheng, Guo-Wei Tu, Yan Xue

PDF Pages: 1728-1736 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

In-hospital outcome of primary PCI for patients with acute myocardial infarction and prior coronary artery bypass grafting

Yu Liu, Le-Feng Wang, Xin-Chun Yang, Pi-Xiong Su, Kui-Bao Li, Hong-Shi Wang, Mu-Lei Chen, Li Xu, Jiu-Chang Zhong

PDF Pages: 1737-1745 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Time-dependence and comparison of regional and overall anthropometric features between Asian and Caucasian populations with obstructive sleep apnea: a cumulative meta-analysis

Hua Qin, Chongxiang Chen, Nicolas Steenbergen, Yang Cheng, Thomas Penzel

PDF Pages: 1746-1759 Full Text Reporting Checklist COI Form Open Access

Neoadjuvant pembrolizumab with chemotherapy for the treatment of stage IIB–IIIB resectable lung squamous cell carcinoma

Dijian Shen, Jiangfeng Wang, Jie Wu, Sheng Chen, Jianqiang Li, Jinshi Liu, Qixun Chen, Youhua Jiang

PDF Pages: 1760-1768 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Enhanced expression of FGF19 predicts poor prognosis in patients with non-small cell lung cancer

Jia Chen, Jingjing Shao, Aiguo Shen, Xinghua Zhu, Xunlei Zhang, Hui Sun, Sheng Wei, Yang Ling

PDF Pages: 1769-1784 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Identification of key immune-related genes and immune infiltration in atrial fibrillation with valvular heart disease based on bioinformatics analysis

Shuo Li, Zhiyuan Jiang, Xiaoying Chao, Chenyang Jiang, Guoqiang Zhong

PDF Pages: 1785-1798 Full Text Reporting Checklist COI Form Open Access

Evaluation of different treatment strategies between right-sided and left-sided pneumonectomy for stage I–IIIA non-small cell lung cancer patients

Bo Jia, Qiwen Zheng, Jianjie Li, Jun Zhao, Meina Wu, Tongtong An, Yuyan Wang, Minglei Zhuo, Xue Yang, Hanxiao Chen, Yujia Chi, Jingjing Wang, Xiaoyu Zhai, Yuling He, Lingdong Kong, Ziping Wang

PDF Pages: 1799-1812 Full Text Reporting Checklist COI Form Open Access

Efficacy and safety of pemetrexed maintenance chemotherapy for advanced non-small cell lung cancer in a real-world setting

Jianjie Li, Yujia Chi, Guang Cao, Jun Zhao, Tongtong An, Meina Wu, Yuyan Wang, Minglei Zhuo, Xue Yang, Bo Jia, Hanxiao Chen, Jingjing Wang, Xiaoyu Zhai, Ziping Wang

PDF Pages: 1813-1821 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

A propensity-matched analysis of stereotactic body radiotherapy and sublobar resection for stage I non-small cell lung cancer in patients at high risk for lobectomy: the results in a Chinese population

Xiao-Shuai Yuan, Wu-Cheng Chen, Qing-Ren Lin, Yuan-Jun Liu, Yao-Yao Zhu, Xiao-Jiang Sun, Qiong-Ya Wu, Jin-Shi Liu, Ya-Ping Xu

PDF Pages: 1822-1832 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Review Article

Surgical management for unruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysms: a narrative review of the literature

Quynh Nguyen, Dominique Vervoort, Kevin Phan, Jessica G. Y. Luc

PDF Pages: 1833-1850 Full Text Reporting Checklist COI Form Open Access

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

Giulia Pinton, Beatrice Manzotti, Cecilia Balzano, Laura Moro

PDF Pages: 1851-1863 Full Text Reporting Checklist COI Form Open Access

Coronary angiography utilization in the evaluation of a potential heart donor by age: a narrative review

Christine M. Johnstad, Amy G. Fiedler

PDF Pages: 1864-1868 Full Text Reporting Checklist COI Form Open Access

Book Review

Review of Thymus Surgery, edited by Jiang Fan and Yuming Zhu— AME Publishing Company, Hong Kong, 2020

Ramón Rami-Porta

PDF Pages: 1869-1871 Full Text COI Form Open Access

Original Article for Sleep Section¹

The predictive value of Holter monitoring in the risk of obstructive sleep apnea

Miaochan Lao, Qiong Ou, Cui’e Li, Qian Wang, Ping Yuan, Yilu Cheng

PDF Pages: 1872-1881 Full Text Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Editorial on Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery²

Minimally invasive cardiac surgery—a Fad or the Future?

Jason M. Ali, Yasir Abu-Omar

PDF Pages: 1882-1885 Full Text COI Form Open Access

Review Article on Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery²

Anesthesia for minimally invasive cardiac surgery

Alexander White, Chinmay Patvardhan, Florian Falter

PDF Pages: 1886-1898 Full Text Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Endoscopic vein harvesting

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

PDF Pages: 1899-1908 Full Text Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

From less invasive to minimal invasive extracorporeal circulation

Kyriakos Anastasiadis, Polychronis Antonitsis, Apostolos Deliopoulos, Helena Argiriadou

PDF Pages: 1909-1921 Full Text COI Form Open Access

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

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

PDF Pages: 1922-1944 Full Text COI Form Open Access

Minimally invasive aortic valve surgery

Lorenzo Di Bacco, Antonio Miceli, Mattia Glauber

PDF Pages: 1945-1959 Full Text COI Form Open Access

Minimally invasive mitral valve surgery

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

PDF Pages: 1960-1970 Full Text Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

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

PDF Pages: 1971-1981 Full Text Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Minimally invasive tricuspid valve surgery

Abdelrahman Abdelbar, Ayman Kenawy, Joseph Zacharias

PDF Pages: 1982-1992 Full Text COI Form Open Access

Minimally invasive resection of benign cardiac tumors

Ayman Kenawy, Abdelrahman Abdelbar, Joseph Zacharias

PDF Pages: 1993-1999 Full Text COI Form Open Access

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

Anna Witkowska, Piotr Suwalski

PDF Pages: 2000-2009 Full Text COI Form Open Access

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

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Editorial on Training in Pulmonary Medicine and Surgery³

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

Gilbert Massard, Daiana Stolz

PDF Pages: 2018-2020 Full Text COI Form Open Access

Review Article on Training in Pulmonary Medicine and Surgery³

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

PDF Pages: 2021-2028 Full Text COI Form Open Access

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

Daiana Stolz, Nathalie Tabin, Amy Farr

PDF Pages: 2029-2034 Full Text COI Form Open Access

Editorial on Training in Pulmonary Medicine and Surgery³

Methodology of curriculum development

Nathalie Tabin, Carine Pannetier, Daiana Stolz

PDF Pages: 2035-2037 Full Text COI Form Open Access

Review Article on Training in Pulmonary Medicine and Surgery³

Auditorium of the future: e learning platform

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

PDF Pages: 2038-2043 Full Text COI Form Open Access

Teaching non-technical skills: the patient centered approach

Gianluca Casali, Gareth Lock, Nuria M. Novoa

PDF Pages: 2044-2053 Full Text COI Form Open Access

Perspectives on Training in Pulmonary Medicine and Surgery³

Utilization of a training portfolio in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery: the example of the French platform-EPIFORM

Alex Fourdrain, Charles-Henri David, Lucile Gust, Gilbert Massard

PDF Pages: 2054-2057 Full Text COI Form Open Access

Review Article on Training in Pulmonary Medicine and Surgery³

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

PDF Pages: 2058-2067 Full Text COI Form Open Access

How to prepare for academic leadership: scientific training curriculum

Isabelle Opitz, Thorsten Walles

PDF Pages: 2068-2074 Full Text COI Form Open Access

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

Carolina Torres, Anna Elisabeth Frick

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Retraction: Computational fluid dynamics in the numerical simulation analysis of end-to-side anastomosis for coarctation of the aorta

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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

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

Justyna Chalubinska-Fendler, Lucyna Kepka

Management of life-threatening hemoptysis in the ICU

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

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

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

Current trends in candidate selection, contraindications, and indications for lung transplantation

Ashwini Arjuna, Michael T. Olson, Rajat Walia

A narrative review of socioeconomic disparities in the treatment of esophageal cancer

Aaron M. Delman, Allison M. Ammann, Kevin M. Turner, Dennis M. Vaysburg, Robert M. Van Haren

Equipment and procedural setup for interventional pulmonology procedures in the intensive care unit

Amrik S. Ray, Van K. Holden, Ashutosh Sachdeva, Faria Nasim

Epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment of the malignant pleural mesothelioma, a narrative review of literature

Sven Oliver Schumann, Gregor Kocher, Fabrizio Minervini

Perioperative identifications of non-palpable pulmonary nodules: a narrative review

Andrea Imperatori, Elisa Nardecchia, Maria Cattoni, Shehab Mohamed, Davide Di Natale, Ilaria Righi, Paolo Mendogni, Cristina Diotti, Nicola Rotolo, Lorenzo Dominioni, Lorenzo Rosso

Advanced considerations in organ donors

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

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

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

Living-donor lobar lung transplantation

Daisuke Nakajima, Hiroshi Date

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

Aswin George Abraham, Wilson Roa

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

Global burden of medication non-adherence in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma: a narrative review of the clinical and economic case for smart inhalers

Evalyne M. Jansen, Susanne J. van de Hei, Boudewijn J. H. Dierick, Huib A. M. Kerstjens, Janwillem W. H. Kocks, Job F. M. van Boven

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

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

Narrative review of socioeconomic and racial disparities in the treatment of early stage lung cancer

Nathaniel Evans III, Tyler Grenda, Nkosi H. Alvarez, Olugbenga T. Okusanya

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

Effects of blood oxygen saturation on pulmonary artery remodeling in an in vitro perfusion circuit model

Yao Liu, Bin Wen, Fengwen Zhang, Xiang-Bin Pan

The surgical management of early-stage lung adenocarcinoma: is wedge resection effective?

Ying Ji, Guangyu Bai, Bin Qiu, Liang Zhao, Jing Zhou, Qi Xue, Shugeng Gao

A case series: xiphoidectomy for xiphodynia, a rare thoracic wall disorder

Maikel J. A. M. Bakens, Paul C. M. Andel, Jean H. T. Daemen, Karel W. E. Hulsewé, Yvonne L. J. Vissers, Erik R. de Loos

Performance of an AI based CAD system in solid lung nodule detection on chest phantom radiographs compared to radiology residents and fellow radiologists

Alan A. Peters, Amanda Decasper, Jaro Munz, Jeremias Klaus, Laura I. Loebelenz, Maximilian Korbinian Michael Hoffner, Cynthia Hourscht, Johannes T. Heverhagen, Andreas Christe, Lukas Ebner

Hospitalization increases while economic status deteriorates in late stages of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey for 2007–2015

Hyung Koo Kang, Jae-Woo Jung, Min-Jong Kang, Deog Kyeom Kim, Hayoung Choi, Young Jae Cho, Seung Hun Jang, Chang Hoon Lee, Yeon Mok Oh, Jisook Park, Jae Yeol Kim

Characteristics of unilateral main bronchus obstruction and differentiation from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by spirometry

Wen Sun, Guang-Fa Wang, Wei Zhang, Hong Zhang, Ying Liu, Cheng-Li Que

ECM2 and GLT8D2 in human pulmonary artery hypertension: fruits from weighted gene co-expression network analysis

Zeyang Bai, Lianyan Xu, Yong Dai, Qingchen Yuan, Zihua Zhou

Retrolaminar versus epidural block for postoperative analgesia after minor video-assisted thoracic surgery: a retrospective, matched, non-inferiority study

Keiko Nobukuni, Mariko Hatta, Toshiaki Nakagaki, Jun Yoshino, Toshiro Obuchi, Naoyuki Fujimura

Peripheral blood eosinophilia may be a prognostic biomarker in non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with immunotherapy

Adelaide Alves, Margarida Dias, Sérgio Campainha, Ana Barroso

The impact of an N1 lymph node examination in patients with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer: a retrospective cohort study

Wenyu Zhai, Yuzhen Zheng, Yuming Rong, Xiaoqiang Li, Qihang Yan, Fangfang Duan, Zerui Zhao, Jianlong Chen, Shuqin Dai, Junye Wang

Need for permanent pacemaker implantation following implantation of the rapid deployment valve in combined procedures: a single centre cohort study

Oliver Deutsch, Isabell Deisenhofer, Katharina Koch-Buettner, Rüdiger Lange, Markus Krane

Direct comparison of rapid deployment versus sutureless aortic valve replacement: a meta-analysis

Suk Ho Sohn, Yoonjin Kang, Ji Seong Kim, Jae Woong Choi, Myoung-jin Jang, Ho Young Hwang

Minimally-invasive-perventricular-device-occlusion versus surgical-closure for treating perimembranous-ventricular-septal-defect: 3-year outcomes of a multicenter randomized clinical trial

Wenxin Lu, Fengwen Zhang, Taibing Fan, Tianli Zhao, Yu Han, Xiaopeng Hu, Qi Li, Hao Shi, Xiangbin Pan

Acceptability and feasibility of S-1 plus cisplatin adjuvant chemotherapy for completely resected non-small cell lung cancer: an open-label, single arm, multicenter, phase 2 trial

Shugo Uematsu, Atsushi Sano, Kazutoshi Isobe, Kazuhiro Usui, Jun Matsumoto, Takaharu Kiribayashi, Kiyohaya Obara, Akihiko Kitami, Yoshitaka Murakami, Akira Iyoda

Several specific high-resolution computed tomography patterns correlate with survival in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Minna E. Mononen, Hannu-Pekka Kettunen, Sanna-Katja Suoranta, Miia S. Kärkkäinen, Tuomas A. Selander, Minna K. Purokivi, Riitta L. Kaarteenaho

Surgical treatment of sternum comminuted fracture with memory alloy embracing fixator

Shun Xu, Jie Zhu, Qi Yu, Leilei Peng, Yu Tao, Shengbo Qi, Hao Han, Yongjing Liu

Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery pleurectomy: a suitable alternative for treating malignant pleural effusions

Laurence P. Diggs, Sean P. Martin, Justin A. Drake, R. Taylor Ripley

Applied pressure of cooling gas: a neglected determinant for size of specimens in transbronchial cryobiopsy

Xiaobo Chen, Shiyue Li, Weiquan Xiao, Yao Yao, Yanqiuzi Cheng, Yongshun Ye, Huanjie Chen, Zhuquan Su, Nanshan Zhong

Follow-up loss in smoking cessation consultation: can we predict and prevent it?

Bruno Miguel Oliveira Cabrita, Maria-Antónia Galego, Ana-Luísa Fernandes, Sara Dias, Sílvia Correia, Paula Simão, Jorge Ferreira, Joana Amado

Prognostic nomograms and risk-stratifying systems for predicting survival in patients with resected pT2-4aN0M0 esophageal carcinoma

Xiao-Meng Dou, Na Zhang, Yan-Yan Fang, Bo-Han Zhang, Jie-Jing Liao, Jing-Sheng Cai, Jin-Bo Li

The spectrum, clinical features and diagnosis of chronic cough due to rare causes

Kefang Lai, Jiaman Tang, Wenzhi Zhan, Hu Li, Fang Yi, Li Long, Jianmeng Zhou, Xiaomei Chen, Lianrong Huang, Zhangyu Sun, Ziyu Jiang, Yuehan Chen, Hankun Lu, Wei Luo, Ruchong Chen, Nanshan Zhong

Dynamic nomogram for long-term survival in patients with non-small cell lung cancer after pneumonectomy

Zi-Ming Wang, Marc Swierzy, Dany Balke, Dania Nachira, Diego González-Rivas, Harun Badakhshi, Mahmoud Ismail

Role of surgery in a case-control study of patients with clinical stage IIIA small cell lung cancer

Shuangyi Li, Kaiqi Jin, Yingying Pan, Chunxiao Wu, Shengxiang Ren, Gening Jiang, Peng Zhang

Surgical management of pleuro-peritoneal fistula in chronic renal failure patient—safety and effectiveness

Hei-Yu Matthew Chen, Ho-Yan Howard Chan, Hoi-Ming Herman Chan, Hung-Leung Cheung

Clinical characteristics and outcomes of mechanically ventilated elderly patients in intensive care units: a Chinese multicentre retrospective study

Jia-Gui Ma, Bo Zhu, Li Jiang, Qi Jiang, Xiu-Ming Xi

Epidemiology and clinical features of common community human coronavirus disease

Taehee Kim, Hayoung Choi, Tae Rim Shin, Yousang Ko, Yong Bum Park, Hwan Il Kim, Seung Hun Jang, Ki Suck Jung, Youlim Kim, Myung Goo Lee, Soojie Chung, Cheol-Hong Kim, In Gyu Hyun, Yun Su Sim

Safety and efficacy of an implantable device for management of gastroesophageal reflux in lung transplant recipients

Samantha E. Halpern, Aryaman Gupta, Oliver K. Jawitz, Ashley Y. Choi, Hai V. Salfity, Jacob A. Klapper, Matthew G. Hartwig

Gender differences in coronary artery diameters and survival results after OPCAB procedures

Tomasz Urbanowicz, Michał Michalak, Anna Olasińska-Wiśniewska, Assad Haneya, Ewa Straburzyńska-Migaj, Michał Bociański, Marek Jemielity

Detrimental effects of elevated transpulmonary gradient on outcomes following restrictive mitral annuloplasty in patients with pre-existing pulmonary hypertension

Satoshi Kainuma, Koichi Toda, Shigeru Miyagawa, Yasushi Yoshikawa, Hiroki Hata, Daisuke Yoshioka, Takuji Kawamura, Ai Kawamura, Noriyuki Kashiyama, Takayoshi Ueno, Toru Kuratani, Toshihiro Funatsu, Haruhiko Kondoh, Takafumi Masai, Arudo Hiraoka, Taichi Sakaguchi, Hidenori Yoshitaka, Takashi Daimon, Kazuhiro Taniguchi, Yoshiki Sawa, Osaka Cardiovascular Surgery Research (OSCAR) Group

Editorial

The intersection of interventional pulmonology and critical care

Jonathan S. Kurman, Ashutosh Sachdeva, Rahul Nanchal

Lung transplantation protocols during the COVID-19 pandemic: a single center experience

Ernest G. Chan, Takashi Harano, Matthew R. Morrell, Pablo G. Sanchez

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

Healthcare disparities in thoracic malignancies

Kei Suzuki, Virginia R. Litle

Letter to the Editor

What is the optimal therapeutic protocol for using a durable left ventricular assist device in the near future of a developing country?

Jun Ho Lee, Yang Hyun Cho

Helmet continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) and arm deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in COVID-19: a double-edged sword

Carla Lucci, Elena Manca Thiesi, Federico Pappalardo

Policy during coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic: a protector for acute exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD) patients?

Yuqin Zeng, Zijing Zhou, Ping Chen

Optimal therapeutic strategy using durable left ventricular assist device in Korea

Teruhiko Imamura

Short Communication

Feasibility and safety of a novel electrosurgery device as part of multi-modal bronchoscopic therapy for malignant central airway lesions

Abhinav Agrawal, Udit Chaddha, Baris Demirkol, Septimiu Murgu

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