Published in J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg on December 01, 2006
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Isolation of persistent air leaks and placement of intrabronchial valves. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2013) 1.01
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Characterization and detection of physiologic lung changes before and after placement of bronchial valves using hyperpolarized helium-3 MR imaging: preliminary study. Acad Radiol (2011) 0.75
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Treating heterogeneous emphysema by lung volume reduction surgery using one-way valve stent implantation. Int J Clin Exp Med (2015) 0.75
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Extended-duration venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in acutely ill medical patients with recently reduced mobility: a randomized trial. Ann Intern Med (2010) 5.79
Patients at high risk of death after lung-volume-reduction surgery. N Engl J Med (2001) 5.76
Randomized trial of mediastinal lymph node sampling versus complete lymphadenectomy during pulmonary resection in the patient with N0 or N1 (less than hilar) non-small cell carcinoma: results of the American College of Surgery Oncology Group Z0030 Trial. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2011) 5.14
Tumors of the mediastinum. Chest (2005) 5.12
Randomized trial of endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration under general anesthesia versus moderate sedation. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2015) 4.57
Evaluation of patients with pulmonary nodules: when is it lung cancer?: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines (2nd edition). Chest (2007) 4.49
Video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy: report of CALGB 39802--a prospective, multi-institution feasibility study. J Clin Oncol (2007) 4.42
A Randomized Trial of Long-Term Oxygen for COPD with Moderate Desaturation. N Engl J Med (2016) 3.99
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Clinical characteristics of patients with acute pulmonary embolism: data from PIOPED II. Am J Med (2007) 3.16
Video-assisted thoracic surgery sleeve lobectomy: a case series. Ann Thorac Surg (2008) 3.09
Video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy is less costly and morbid than open lobectomy: a retrospective multiinstitutional database analysis. Ann Thorac Surg (2011) 3.08
Counterpoint: Are the CHEST guidelines global in coverage? No. Chest (2015) 2.88
Complications, consequences, and practice patterns of endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration: Results of the AQuIRE registry. Chest (2013) 2.82
Impact of immediate primary lung allograft dysfunction on bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2006) 2.69
The Registry of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation: Thirtieth Official Adult Heart Transplant Report--2013; focus theme: age. J Heart Lung Transplant (2013) 2.55
Initial diagnosis of lung cancer: ACCP evidence-based clinical practice guidelines (2nd edition). Chest (2007) 2.47
Electromagnetic navigation diagnostic bronchoscopy: a prospective study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2006) 2.40
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons expert consensus for the surgical treatment of hyperhidrosis. Ann Thorac Surg (2011) 2.38
Prognostic significance of deep vein thrombosis in patients presenting with acute symptomatic pulmonary embolism. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2010) 2.23
An approach to interventional pulmonary fellowship training. Chest (2010) 2.13
Simplification of the pulmonary embolism severity index for prognostication in patients with acute symptomatic pulmonary embolism. Arch Intern Med (2010) 2.11
Evidence-based pathology and the pathologic evaluation of thymomas: transcapsular invasion is not a significant prognostic feature. Arch Pathol Lab Med (2008) 2.05
"Pills" and the air passages: a continuum. Chest (2015) 2.03
Common Congenital Anomalies of the Central Airways in Adults. Chest (2015) 1.96
Prognostic models for selecting patients with acute pulmonary embolism for initial outpatient therapy. Chest (2007) 1.89
Comprehensive analysis of pulmonary function Test (PFT) changes after stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) for stage I lung cancer in medically inoperable patients. J Thorac Oncol (2009) 1.87
Therapeutic bronchoscopy for malignant central airway obstruction: success rates and impact on dyspnea and quality of life. Chest (2015) 1.80
Long-term outcome of bilateral lung volume reduction in 250 consecutive patients with emphysema. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2003) 1.80
Endobronchial fungal disease: an under-recognized entity. Respiration (2006) 1.78
A live-attenuated Listeria vaccine (ANZ-100) and a live-attenuated Listeria vaccine expressing mesothelin (CRS-207) for advanced cancers: phase I studies of safety and immune induction. Clin Cancer Res (2011) 1.78
Frozen section diagnoses of small pulmonary nodules: accuracy and clinical implications. Ann Thorac Surg (2004) 1.76
Treatment of persistent pulmonary air leaks using endobronchial valves. Chest (2009) 1.75
Bronchogenic carcinoma after lung transplantation: characteristics and outcomes. J Thorac Oncol (2008) 1.74
Patient and surgical factors influencing air leak after lung volume reduction surgery: lessons learned from the National Emphysema Treatment Trial. Ann Thorac Surg (2006) 1.71
Outpatient management of malignant pleural effusions with small-bore, tunneled pleural catheters. Respiration (2005) 1.70
The presence of isolated tumor cells and micrometastases in the intrathoracic lymph nodes of patients with lung cancer is not associated with decreased survival. Hum Pathol (2010) 1.70
Troponin-based risk stratification of patients with acute nonmassive pulmonary embolism: systematic review and metaanalysis. Chest (2009) 1.68
A phase I study of Foscan-mediated photodynamic therapy and surgery in patients with mesothelioma. Ann Thorac Surg (2003) 1.66
Development of a predictive model for long-term survival after lung transplantation and implications for the lung allocation score. J Heart Lung Transplant (2010) 1.64
Self-expandable metallic airway stents and flexible bronchoscopy: long-term outcomes analysis. Chest (2003) 1.63
Derivation and validation of multimarker prognostication for normotensive patients with acute symptomatic pulmonary embolism. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2014) 1.63
Incidence of air travel-related pulmonary embolism at the Madrid-Barajas airport. Arch Intern Med (2003) 1.57
Quality gaps and comparative effectiveness in lung cancer staging: the impact of test sequencing on outcomes. Chest (2013) 1.53
Innovative approaches to lung volume reduction for emphysema. Chest (2004) 1.53
Pneumonia during remission induction chemotherapy in patients with acute leukemia. Ann Am Thorac Soc (2013) 1.51
Interleukin-6 regulation of direct lung ischemia reperfusion injury. Ann Thorac Surg (2006) 1.51
The IBV Valve trial: a multicenter, randomized, double-blind trial of endobronchial therapy for severe emphysema. J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol (2014) 1.51
Prognostic significance of multidetector CT in normotensive patients with pulmonary embolism: results of the protect study. Thorax (2013) 1.51
Transbronchial needle injection: a systematic review of a new diagnostic and therapeutic paradigm. Respiration (2006) 1.51
The prognostic significance of intranodal isolated tumor cells and micrometastases in patients with non-small cell carcinoma of the lung. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2003) 1.51
Detection of pulmonary emboli with 99mTc-labeled anti-D-dimer (DI-80B3)Fab' fragments (ThromboView). Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2011) 1.51
The Registry of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation: Sixteenth Official Pediatric Heart Transplantation Report--2013; focus theme: age. J Heart Lung Transplant (2013) 1.49
Alveolar macrophage secretory products effect type 2 pneumocytes undergoing hypoxia-reoxygenation. Ann Thorac Surg (2008) 1.49
Alveolar macrophage secretory products augment the response of rat pulmonary artery endothelial cells to hypoxia and reoxygenation. Ann Thorac Surg (2008) 1.47
A phase I clinical trial of single-dose intrapleural IFN-beta gene transfer for malignant pleural mesothelioma and metastatic pleural effusions: high rate of antitumor immune responses. Clin Cancer Res (2007) 1.47
Predictors of operative mortality and cardiopulmonary morbidity in the National Emphysema Treatment Trial. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2005) 1.46
The significance of a single episode of minimal acute rejection after lung transplantation. Transplantation (2005) 1.46
Safety of diagnostic bronchoscopy in patients with pulmonary hypertension. Respiration (2009) 1.45
Bronchial thermoplasty: Long-term safety and effectiveness in patients with severe persistent asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol (2013) 1.45
Synergistic protection in lung ischemia-reperfusion injury with calcineurin and thrombin inhibition. Ann Thorac Surg (2010) 1.44
A randomized trial of automated versus conventional protocol-driven weaning from mechanical ventilation following coronary artery bypass surgery. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg (2006) 1.44
Anti-human leukocyte antigen antibodies and preemptive antibody-directed therapy after lung transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant (2010) 1.41
Airway stenting for malignant and benign tracheobronchial stenosis. Ann Thorac Surg (2003) 1.40
Results of lung volume reduction surgery in patients meeting a national emphysema treatment trial high-risk criterion. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2004) 1.39
Syndrome of iron pill aspiration. Chest (2002) 1.39
Lung allocation score for lung transplantation: impact on disease severity and survival. Chest (2007) 1.33
Minimal acute rejection after lung transplantation: a risk for bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome. Am J Transplant (2005) 1.31
Combinations of prognostic tools for identification of high-risk normotensive patients with acute symptomatic pulmonary embolism. Thorax (2010) 1.30
Salvage lung resection after definitive radiation (>59 Gy) for non-small cell lung cancer: surgical and oncologic outcomes. Ann Thorac Surg (2008) 1.28
Intrapulmonary IFN-beta gene therapy using an adenoviral vector is highly effective in a murine orthotopic model of bronchogenic adenocarcinoma of the lung. Cancer Res (2005) 1.26
Airway complications and management after lung transplantation: ischemia, dehiscence, and stenosis. Proc Am Thorac Soc (2009) 1.26
Endobronchial valve treatment for prolonged air leaks of the lung: a case series. Ann Thorac Surg (2011) 1.22
A comparison of two stereotactic body radiation fractionation schedules for medically inoperable stage I non-small cell lung cancer: the Cleveland Clinic experience. J Thorac Oncol (2009) 1.22
Video-assisted thoracoscopic trisegmentectomy and left upper lobectomy provide equivalent survivals for stage IA and IB lung cancer. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2012) 1.22
Early activation of the alveolar macrophage is critical to the development of lung ischemia-reperfusion injury. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2003) 1.22
The role of proinflammatory cytokines in lung ischemia-reperfusion injury. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2003) 1.21
Pulmonary nodules in lung transplant recipients: etiology and outcome. Chest (2004) 1.19
Advances in diagnostic bronchoscopy. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2010) 1.18
New approaches to the minimally invasive treatment of lung cancer. Curr Opin Pulm Med (2005) 1.18
Role of flexible bronchoscopy in immunocompromised patients with lung infiltrates. Chest (2004) 1.16
Simvastatin ameliorates injury in an experimental model of lung ischemia-reperfusion. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2003) 1.16
Troubleshooting video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy. Ann Thorac Surg (2005) 1.14
Evaluation of an attenuated vesicular stomatitis virus vector expressing interferon-beta for use in malignant pleural mesothelioma: heterogeneity in interferon responsiveness defines potential efficacy. Hum Gene Ther (2010) 1.14
Prospective randomized study evaluating a biodegradable polymeric sealant for sealing intraoperative air leaks that occur during pulmonary resection. Ann Thorac Surg (2004) 1.13
Electromagnetic navigation during flexible bronchoscopy. Respiration (2003) 1.13
Regulation of chemokine expression by cyclosporine A in alveolar macrophages exposed to hypoxia and reoxygenation. Ann Thorac Surg (2002) 1.12
Safety and efficacy of video-assisted versus conventional lung resection for lung cancer. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2009) 1.11
Endobronchial epinephrine: confusion is in the air. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2013) 1.09
The Registry of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation: Sixteenth Official Pediatric Lung and Heart-Lung Transplantation Report--2013; focus theme: age. J Heart Lung Transplant (2013) 1.09
Multicentre European study for the treatment of advanced emphysema with bronchial valves. Eur Respir J (2012) 1.09
Diagnosis of lung cancer: the guidelines. Chest (2003) 1.07
Immuno-gene therapy with interferon-beta before surgical debulking delays recurrence and improves survival in a murine model of malignant mesothelioma. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2004) 1.05