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Publikováno v:
Chest. 95(4)
Serum angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) levels are elevated in sarcoidosis and have been used both to diagnose and to assess response to treatment of this disease. We report significantly (p less than .0005) elevated ACE levels in patients with Pne
Publikováno v:
Chest. 67(5)
During one six-month period 11 patients were referred with a diagnosis of coronary artery disease, because of recurrent episodes of severe, prolonged retrosternal chest pain necessitating from one to seven hospital admissions per patient for "suspect
Publikováno v:
Chest. 72(1)
Cryptococcus neoformans was isolated from 65 patients: 11 had meningitis, 11 had disseminated cryptococcosis without meningitis, and 43 had C neoformans isolated from the respiratory tract. Predisposing conditions and the diagnostic value of cultures
Autor:
Jean-Frederic Colombel, Benoit Wallaert, Antoine Cortot, Ph. Bonniere, Jean-Claude Paris, Ab. Tonnel, Cyr Voisin
Publikováno v:
Chest. 87(3)
Cellular characteristics of bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) were investigated in 18 consecutive patients with Crohn's disease, who were free of clinical pulmonary symptoms and had normal findings on chest roentgenograms. Total BAL cell count and cellula
Autor:
Jin Won Huh, Won Dong Kim, Tae Sun Shim, Kyu Rae Kim, Yeon-Mok Oh, Woo Sung Kim, Sang Do Lee, Dong Soon Kim, Chae Man Lim, Y Koh
Publikováno v:
Chest. 133:1101-1106
Background Matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-7 was reported to be a key molecule in the pathogenesis of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) based on the result of microarray analysis and knockout mice. However, the role of MMP-7 has not been determined
Publikováno v:
Chest. 133:455-460
Objective We sought to determine the effectiveness of mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) in scleroderma- associated interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD). Methods We retrospectively identified patients who met criteria for systemic sclerosis, had evidence of
Publikováno v:
Chest. 133:176-182
Background Chronic inflammation and infection in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) and other lung diseases begin early, making noninvasive diagnostic techniques vital. As induced sputum (IS) testing is useful in older patients, we investigated its a
Autor:
Takehiko Fujisawa, Sherif Mohammed, Yasuo Sekine, Takahiro Nakajima, Yohei Miyagi, Shoichi Matsukuma, Kenzo Hiroshima, Rieko Kubo, Makoto Suzuki, Kazuhiro Yasufuku
Publikováno v:
Chest. 132:597-602
Background The presence of somatic mutations in epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) predicts the effectiveness of EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs). It would be ideal if an EGFR mutation could be detected in biopsy samples, since the majorit
Autor:
Jenny Pattengill, Jeffrey C. Hoyt, Alp Umar, John M. Hayden, Richard A. Robbins, Grigory Horonenko, Clement Singarajah
Publikováno v:
Chest. 132:58-63
Rationale: The diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) can be difficult. Soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cell-1 (sTREM-1) has been reported to be elevated in BAL fluid from patients with VAP. Objectives: To evaluate the ut
Autor:
Liliana Wawrzyńska, Witold Tomkowski, Michał Florczyk, Piotr Pruszczyk, Monika Szturmowicz, Marek Dabrowski, Janusz Burakowski, Marcin Kurzyna, Adam Torbicki, Anna Fijałkowska, Dariusz Bielecki, Grzegorz Opolski
Publikováno v:
Chest. 131:977-983
Background Right ventricular (RV) failure is the main cause of death in patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH). Balloon atrial septostomy (BAS) is believed to relieve symptoms of PH by increasing systemic flow and reducing RV preload. Methods Four