期刊: GENERAL THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY, 2022; 70 (1)
Mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) transplantation is regarded as a promising candidate for the treatment of ischaemic heart disease. The major hurdles for s......
期刊: GENERAL THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY, 2022; 70 (10)
Background To explore an effective model based on radiomics features extracted from nonenhanced computed tomography (CT) images to distinguish invasiv......
期刊: GENERAL THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY, 2022; 70 (2)
A 53-year-old man who suffered acute inferior myocardial infarction was recently transferred to our hospital due to occlusion of the right coronary ar......
期刊: GENERAL THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY, 2022; 70 (9)
Background Catamenial pneumothorax (CP) is defined as a recurrent, spontaneous pneumothorax occurring within a day before or 72 h after the onset of m......
期刊: GENERAL THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY, 2022; 70 (6)
Objective This study aimed to determine the therapeutic effectiveness of tuberculous aortic aneurysms (TBAAs) and the risk factors for mortality. Meth......
期刊: GENERAL THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY, 2022; 70 (12)
Objective This research is aimed to develop the prognostic nomogram and novel risk-scoring system for small cell lung cancer (SCLC) with different pat......
期刊: GENERAL THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY, 2022; 70 (5)
Objective Our study aimed to reveal the prognostic factors of second primary lung cancer and explore the optimal surgical procedure for Stage II/IIIA ......
期刊: GENERAL THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY, 2022; 70 (4)
Objective To evaluate the effects of administering tranexamic acid (TXA) after cardiopulmonary bypass, instead of after anesthesia induction, on posto......
期刊: GENERAL THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY, 2022; 70 (8)
Background The simplified Cough Symptom Score (sCSS) is a practical and simple tool for measuring cough severity. However, the sCSS is a consensus of ......
期刊: GENERAL THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY, 2022; 70 (8)
Background The peculiarity and the lack of clinical studies of dual primary lung cancer (DPLC) led to limited knowledge about its clinical characteris......
期刊: GENERAL THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY, 2022; 70 (5)
The ventricular pseudo-pseudoaneurysm is extremely scarce and potentially lethal because of acute hemopericardium and cardiac tamponade when a resulta......
期刊: GENERAL THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY, 2022; 70 (7)
Objective To investigate the predictive value of preoperative neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) on acute kidney injury (AKI) after on-pump coronary......
期刊: GENERAL THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY, 2022; 70 (5)
Background Esophageal cancer is a common worldwide disease with a higher mortality rate. Studies on esophageal cancer patients with bone metastasis ar......
期刊: GENERAL THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY, 2022; 70 (9)
Background Coronary artery disease (CAD) originates from the blockage of the inner walls of the coronary arteries due to a plaque buildup. Circular RN......