Thermal ablation versus radiotherapy for inoperable stage III non-small cell lung cancer: a propensity score matching analysis.

Objective: To compare the survival benefits of thermal ablation (TA) and radiotherapy in inoperable patients with stage III non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

Method: A retrospective analysis was conducted using the data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) program. Propensity score matching (PSM) was conducted to balance potential baseline confounding factors.

Survival benefit of thermal ablation therapy for patients with stage II-III non-small cell lung cancer: A propensity-matched analysis.

Background: Thermal ablation (TA) is considered a safe alternative to surgical resection for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). While previous studies have shown that TA is beneficial for stage I NSCLC patients, however, few have reported on TA efficacy in patients with stage II-III NSCLC. The current study investigated the impact of TA on the overall survival (OS) and cancer-specific survival (CSS) of patients with stage II-III NSCLC.

Assessment of the rotation motion at the papillary muscle short-axis plane with normal subjects by two-dimensional speckle tracking imaging: a basic clinical study.

Background: The aim of this study was to observe the rotation patterns at the papillary muscle plane in the Left Ventricle(LV) with normal subjects using two-dimensional speckle tracking imaging(2D-STI).

Methods: We acquired standard of the basal, the papillary muscle and the apical short-axis images of the LV in 64 subjects to estimate the LV rotation motion by 2D-STI. The rotational degrees at the papillary muscle short-axis plane were measured at 15 different time points in the analysis of two heart cycles.

[Left ventricular longitudinal rotation changes in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy detected by two-dimensional speckle tracking imaging].

Objective: To assess the left ventricular longitudinal rotation (LR) in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM).

Methods: Conventional echocardiography (GE-Vivid7) was performed in 35 healthy subjects and 42 DCM patients. Left atrial diameter was measured by M-mode echocardiography, left ventricular end-systolic, end-diastolic volume and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) were calculated by bi-plane simpson's method.

[Association of CETP and CRP gene polymorphisms with non-valvular atrial fibrillation in Chinese Han population].

Objective: To study whether the polymorphisms of TaqIB of cholesteryl transfer protein (CETP) gene and 1444C/T of C reactive protein (CRP) gene are associated with non-valvular atrial fibrillation in the Chinese Han population.

Methods: Polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) assay was used to detect the distribution of genotypes of CETP TaqIB and CRP 1444C/T in 147 patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation and 147 control subjects in Chinese Han population.

Results: (1) The distribution of CETP TaqIB and CRP 1444C/T genotypes was in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.