USPSTF2013 versus PLCOm2012 lung cancer screening eligibility criteria (International Lung Screening Trial): interim analysis of a prospective cohort study.

Background: Lung cancer is a major health problem. CT lung screening can reduce lung cancer mortality through early diagnosis by at least 20%. Screening high-risk individuals is most effective.

Bronchopleural communication following intrapleural doses of tPA/DNase for empyema.

Intrapleural tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) and deoxyribonuclease (DNase) therapy is a new treatment for pleural infection. Clinical experiences of tPA/DNase therapy, and its complications, are cumulating. We present a patient with multiloculated empyema but no initial evidence of a bronchopleural fistula.

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation-supported percutaneous angioplasty of coronary button stenosis after aortic root replacement.

Background And Aim: A 73-year-old female patient had right coronary button stenosis following aortic root replacement.

Methods: Myocardial ischemia led to hemodynamic instability followed by cardiogenic shock, which was successfully managed using venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation-supported right coronary button angioplasty.

Results And Conclusion: Although the incidence of such complications is low, it is a life-threatening event that requires prompt diagnosis and it may pose a challenging clinical scenario for the treating team.

Left Atrial Anastomosing Hemangioma Causing Recurrent Pericardial Effusion.

We report an extremely rare tumor in an adult patient who presented with recurrent pericardial effusion. The mass was an extracardiac tumor on the left atrial roof, which was excised by open heart surgery. Histologic examination confirmed a cardiac anastomosing hemangioma.

Transient occlusion of the right coronary artery by a calcific bicuspid aortic valve mass - An interesting case of inferior STEMI.

Calcified bicuspid aortic valves are a commonly encountered clinical problem. Less common and possibly underreported, however, are embolic events secondary to a calcified valve. Events, including stroke and myocardial infarction, have been documented in the literature.

Prevalence of airway and parenchymal abnormalities in newly diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis.

Background: Pulmonary disease is a well recognised and important extra-articular manifestation of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of airway and parenchymal abnormalities in newly diagnosed patients with RA and to correlate these with clinical measures of RA severity and laboratory tests.

Methods: 60 patients with a new (symptom duration <12 months) diagnosis of RA (43 females, 42 European, mean age 54, 33 ever smoker, (17 current) underwent lung function testing and high resolution computed tomography (HRCT) scored by two independent radiologists.