General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
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Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · Jun 2017
Comparative StudyImportance of multidisciplinary management for pulmonary atresia, ventricular septal defect, major aorto-pulmonary collateral arteries and completely absent central pulmonary arteries.
To review long-term clinical outcomes for pulmonary atresia, ventricular septal defect (PA/VSD), major aorto-pulmonary collateral arteries (MAPCAs) and completely absent central pulmonary arteries (cPAs). ⋯ Staged midline approach with PTA seemed feasible strategy to go on to definitive repair. Patency of MAPCAs and reconstructed cPAs were maintained by the aggressive PTA after the definitive repair.
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Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · Jun 2017
New PET/CT criterion for nodal staging in non-small cell lung cancer: measurement of the ratio of section area of standard uptake values ≥2.5/lymph node section area.
The aim of the present study was to use surgical and histological results to develop a simple noninvasive technique for improving nodal staging using preoperative PET/CT in patients with resectable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). ⋯ When diagnosing nodal staging based a lymph node SUV ≥2.5 SA/node SA ratio of ≥1.0, it can be an effective criterion for use to determine surgical indications.