Emergency interventions for cardiogenic shock due to decompensated aortic stenosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Mauro Chiarito, Dario Bongiovanni, Evaldas Girdauskas, Bastian Wein, Eva Harmel, Tamer Owais, Stephanie Gladys Kühne, Andrea Patrignani, Sebastien Elvinger, Damyan Penev, Philip W Raake

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Gradual Increase of High Mobility Group Protein B1 in the Lungs after the Onset of Acute Exacerbation of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis by Masahito Ebina, Hiroyuki Taniguchi, Taku Miyasho, Shingo Yamada, Naoko Shibata, Hiromitsu Ohta, Shu Hisata, Shinya Ohkouchi, Tsutomu Tamada, Hidekazu Nishimura, Akitoshi Ishizaka, Ikuro Maruyama, Yoshinori Okada, Kondo Takashi, Toshihiro Nukiwa

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Solid Predominant Histology and High Podoplanin Expression in Cancer-Associated Fibroblast Predict Primary Resistance to Osimertinib in EGFR-Mutated Lung Adenocarcinoma by Yuji Uehara, MD, Hiroki Izumi, MD, PhD, Tetsuro Taki, MD, PhD, Tetsuya Sakai, MD, PhD, Hibiki Udagawa, MD, PhD, Eri Sugiyama, MD, PhD, Shigeki Umemura, MD, PhD, Yoshitaka Zenke, MD, PhD, Shingo Matsumoto, MD, PhD, Kiyotaka Yoh, MD, PhD, Shoko Kubota, MD, PhD, Keiju Aokage, MD, PhD, Naoya Sakamoto, MD, PhD, Shingo Sakashita, MD, PhD, Motohiro Kojima, MD, PhD, Michiko Nagamine, MD, PhD, Yukio Hosomi, MD, PhD, Masahiro Tsuboi, MD, PhD, Koichi Goto, MD, PhD, Genichiro Ishii, MD, PhD

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A Case Report of an Early Response to Definitive Chemoradiation for Esophageal Carcinoma Cuniculatum by David E. Long, Ahmad Al-Hader, Robert Emerson, Karen Rieger, William Graham Carlos, Hala Fatima, Feng-Ming Kong

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Diabetes and Coronary Heart Disease: A Risk Factor for the Global Epidemic by Maguy Chiha, Mario Njeim, Edgar G. Chedrawy

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Thoracomyoplasty in the Treatment of Empyema: Current Indications, Basic Principles, and Results by Petre Vlah-Horea Botianu, Alexandru Mihail Botianu

“…Although rarely indicated in our days, this kind of procedures remain in the armamentarium of modern thoracic surgery. The importance of thoracomyoplasty derives from the fact that it may be a simple and definitive solution for complicated cases of chronic empyema not amenable to standard decortication.…”
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Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformation Unmasked by Pregnancy: A Review of Pulmonary Arteriovenous Malformations and Cardiovascular and Respiratory Changes in Pregnancy by Anita Lukic, Larisa Cmelak, Dominik Draženović, Hrvoje Kojundzic, Ivan Kresimir Lukic, Vicko Gluncic

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Outcome of Pleural Empyema Treated With Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery in Patients With Severe Co-Morbidities: An Observational Study by Vu HA, Nguyen NV, Le TD, Nguyen ST, Viet Le A, The Vu A, Van Nguyen B, Van Nguyen B, Thanh Quan N, An NV, Duc Nghiem T

“…Hai Anh Vu,1 Nam Van Nguyen,1 Tuan Dinh Le,2 Son Tien Nguyen,2 Anh Viet Le,1 Anh The Vu,3 Ba Van Nguyen,4 Binh Van Nguyen,5 Nam Thanh Quan,6 Nguyen Van An,7 Thuan Duc Nghiem6 1Department of Thoracic Surgery, Military Hospital 103, Vietnam Medical Military University, Hanoi, 10000, Vietnam; 2Department of Rheumatology and Endocrinology, Military Hospital 103, Vietnam Medical Military University, Hanoi, 10000, Vietnam; 3Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, Military Hospital 103, Vietnam Medical Military University, Hanoi, 10000, Vietnam; 4Department of Oncology, Military Hospital 103, Vietnam Medical Military University, Hanoi, 1000, Vietnam; 5AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Hanoi, 10000, Vietnam; 6Department of Otolaryngology, Military Hospital 103, Vietnam Medical Military University, Hanoi, 10000, Vietnam; 7Department of Microbiology Department, Military Hospital 103, Vietnam Medical Military University, Hanoi, 10000, VietnamCorrespondence: Thuan Duc Nghiem, Department of Otolaryngology, Military Hospital 103, Vietnam Medical Military University, 160 Phung Hung Street, Phuc La Ward, ha Dong District, Hanoi, 100000, Vietnam, Email nghiemducthuan@vmmu.edu.vnBackground: Empyema patients with poor physical condition and severe comorbidities face a significant challenge, with difficulties in choosing appropriate treatment methods, limited treatment outcomes, and a high rate of complications and mortality.Objective: To comment on the indications and to evaluate the treatment outcomes of pleural empyema in patients with poor physical condition and severe comorbidities by thoracoscopic surgery.Methods: An observational study on 12 patients treated at the Department of Thoracic Surgery – Military Hospital 103, from January 2017 to December 2022.Results: The mean of age was 63.4 ± 12.4 years old, with a male/female ratio of 5/1. …”
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Gut Microbiome and Metabolite Characteristics Associated With Different Clinical Stages in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients by Liu F, Lu X, Tang M, Chen Y, Zheng X

“…Fan Liu,1 Xingbing Lu,2 Mengli Tang,2 Yuzuo Chen,2 Xi Zheng3,4 1Health Management Center, General Practice Medical Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Laboratory Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People’s Republic of China; 3Lung Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Xi Zheng, Lung Cancer Center, Department of Thoracic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Guoxue Lane 37, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86-28-86298113, Email zhengxi@scu.edu.cnObjective: Our research has pinpointed the gut microbiome’s role in the progression of various pathological types of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). …”
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TWEAK-Fn14 signaling protects mice from pulmonary fibrosis by inhibiting fibroblast activation and recruiting pro-regenerative macrophages by Li Liu, Pei Wu, Yuqi Wei, Meng Lu, Haiyan Ge, Ping Wang, Jianlong Sun, Tiffany Horng, Xiucheng Liu, Xiaoyong Shen, Lingyun Sun, Ying Xi

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Lobar Collapse and Obliteration of Air Bronchogram Allowing Early Diagnosis of Endobronchial Aspergillus Infection following Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation by Elizabeth Thompson, Manigandan S. Thyagarajan, Elizabeth Johnson, David Weeden, Mary Morgan, Sarah J. Groves, Colin G. Steward

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Primary Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma of the Lung: A Case Report by I. Tsangaridou, G. Papamihalis, K. Stathopoulos, O. Konstantinopoulos, L. Thanos

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Tracheal Papilloma Treated with Cryotherapy and Interferon-α: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Fatma Yıldırım, Murat Türk, Sedat Demircan, Nalan Akyürek, Ahmet Selim Yurdakul

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Deriving Human Intestinal Organoids with Functional Tissue-Resident Macrophages All From Pluripotent Stem CellsSummary by Kentaro Tominaga, Daniel O. Kechele, J. Guillermo Sanchez, Simon Vales, Ingrid Jurickova, Lizza Roman, Akihiro Asai, Jacob R. Enriquez, Heather A. McCauley, Keishi Kishimoto, Kentaro Iwasawa, Akaljot Singh, Yuko Horio, Jorge O. Múnera, Takanori Takebe, Aaron M. Zorn, Michael A. Helmrath, Lee A. Denson, James M. Wells

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Perioperative pembrolizumab in early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC): safety, efficacy, and exploratory biomarker analysis by Jeff Clarke, Xiaofei Wang, Thomas Stinchcombe, Scott J Antonia, Jeffrey Crawford, Neal Ready, Konstantin H Dragnev, Lin Gu, Cameron Wood, James M Isaacs, Liliana Lyniv, Kent Weinhold, Jacob M Kaufman, Eziafa I Oduah, Betty C Tong, Dennis Wigle

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Early sST2 Liberation after Implantation of a Left Ventricular Assist Device in Patients with Advanced Heart Failure by Philipp Opfermann, Elisabeth Simader, Alessia Felli, Michele Bevilacqua, Caroline Holaubek, Martin Dworschak, Mohamed Mouhieddine, Daniel Zimpfer, Jan Hendrik Ankersmit, Barbara Steinlechner

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Deficiency of ATF3 facilitates both angiotensin II‐induced and spontaneously formed aortic aneurysm and dissection development by activating cGAS–STING pathway by Yifan Du, Poyi Hu, Xiangchao Ding, Dashuai Wang, Jingjing Luo, Sheng Le, Lingyun Ren, Manhua Chen, Ping Ye, Jiahong Xia

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O-GlcNAcylation attenuates ischemia-reperfusion-induced pulmonary epithelial cell ferroptosis via the Nrf2/G6PDH pathway by Liuqing Yang, Hexiao Tang, Jin Wang, Dawei Xu, Rui Xuan, Songping Xie, Pengfei Xu, Xinyi Li

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IINS Vs CALLY Index: A Battle of Prognostic Value in NSCLC Patients Following Surgery by Cheng H, Ma J, Zhao F, Liu Y, Wu J, Wu T, Li H, Zhang B, Liu H, Fu J, He H, Zhu C, Ren H, Yang C, Qin S

“…Hao Cheng,1,* Jiao Ma,1,* Fengyu Zhao,2 Yiwei Liu,3 Jie Wu,4 Tao Wu,1 Hui Li,1 Boxiang Zhang,3 Hui Liu,5 Junke Fu,3 Haiqi He,3 Cailin Zhu,3 Hong Ren,3 Chengcheng Yang,2 Sida Qin3 1Department of Rehabilitation, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Radiation Oncology, Shaanxi Provincial People’s Hospital, Xi’an, Shaanxi, People’s Republic of China; 5Biobank, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Sida Qin, Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, 277 West Yanta Road, Xi’an, Shaanxi, 710061, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86 15388666585, Email qinsida@xjtu.edu.cn Chengcheng Yang, Department of Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, 277 West Yanta Road, Xi’an, Shaanxi, 710061, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86 17629260656, Email ccyang@xjtufh.edu.cnObjective: This research sought to assess the predictive potential of the inflammation-immunity-nutrition score (IINS) and the high-sensitivity C-reactive protein-albumin-lymphocyte (CALLY) index in individuals with NSCLC post-surgery.Methods: The study enrolled 506 patients with NSCLC undergoing R0 resection at the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University. …”
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Gastropleural Fistula as a Rare Complication of Gastric Sleeve Surgery: A Case Report and Comprehensive Literature Review by Fahad Alghanim, Ali Alkhaibary, Abdulmohsen Alzakari, Abdullah AlRumaih

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