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Smoking and atrial fibrillation (AF) are major health problems worldwide and are responsible for substantial health-care costs. Our aim was to investigate whether smoking impacts the risk of stroke and death in patients with AF. To test this hypothesis, we analyzed data from a large Danish cohort: the Diet, Cancer, and Health study. ⋯ Smoking is associated with a higher risk of thromboembolism or death in patients with AF even after adjusting for well-recognized risk factors used in stroke risk stratification schemes. The associations may be modified by sex, as the associations were strongest among women.
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Thoracic Surgery PostersSESSION TYPE: Poster PresentationsPRESENTED ON: Saturday, March 22, 2014 at 01:15 PM - 02:15 PMPURPOSE: Totally minimally invasive Ivor Lewis esophagectomy(MIIE) with per-oral placement of anvil has been reported elsewhere, but MIIE with manual pursestring and per-thoracic port placement of anvil has been seldomly reported. 27 cases with the later technique were conducted in this prospective study. ⋯ The following authors have nothing to disclose: Hecheng Li, Longfei Ma, Yiliang Zhang, Yawei Zhang, Jiaqing Xiang, Haiquan ChenNo Product/Research Disclosure Information.
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OSA PostersSESSION TYPE: Poster PresentationsPRESENTED ON: Saturday, March 22, 2014 at 01:15 PM - 02:15 PMPURPOSE: Drug Induced Sleep Endoscopy (DISE) is a technique used to evaluate the point of airway obstruction in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) in order to plan corrective surgery. The standard treatment for OSAS is nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), but there are a small percentage of patients that do not respond to CPAP and maintaining high apnea-hypopnea index (AHI). Aims: Evaluate upper airway alterations in spontaneous ventilation and with noninvasive ventilation (NIV) through DISE in OSAS nonresponders patients to NIV. ⋯ The following authors have nothing to disclose: Ines Sanches, Catarina Ferreira, Ana Bernardino, João Elói, Vitória Martins, Fátima Teixeira, José Moutinho dos SantosNo Product/Research Disclosure Information.
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Thoracic SurgerySESSION TYPE: Slide PresentationsPRESENTED ON: Saturday, March 22, 2014 at 09:00 AM - 10:00 AMPURPOSE: Patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and synchronous brain metastases (BMs) on initial diagnosis, who presented with neurological deficits, had a short median survival and lower quality of life (QOL). We analyzed our experiences with surgical treatment of patients with NSCLC who had neurologically symptomatic, synchronous BMs. ⋯ The following authors have nothing to disclose: Minkwang Byun, Wou-Young ChungNo Product/Research Disclosure Information.
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Long-term Prognosis of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Patients on Home Oxygenotherapy.
COPD PostersSESSION TYPE: Poster PresentationsPRESENTED ON: Saturday, March 22, 2014 at 01:15 PM - 02:15 PMPURPOSE: Our objective has been to assess the survival of a cohort of COPD patients in HO program and to investigate the main causes of mortality between these patients. ⋯ The following authors have nothing to disclose: María del Carmen García García, Jacinto Hernández Borge, Pedro Pires Goncalves, Carlos Antonio Aranda López, Lourdes Cañón Barroso, Estefanía Molina Ortiz, Amparo Sanz Cabrera, José Antonio Gutierrez Lara, María Teresa Gómez Vizcaíno, Ignacio Rodríguez BlancoNo Product/Research Disclosure Information.