Annals ofPulmonary Medicine

Volume: 4 - Number: 35 - November 15, 2004

Outstanding

Clinicopathologic Study and DNA Analysis of 37 Cardiac Myxomas: A 28-Year Experience

Resting Lung Function and Hemodynamic Parameters as Predictors of Exercise Capacity in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure

Metabolic and Ventilatory Parameters of Four Activities of Daily Living Accomplished With Arms in COPD Patients

Pulmonary Hypertension in Patients With End-Stage Renal Disease

Cardiology

Effect of Cilostazol on the Ventricular Escape Rate and Neurohumoral Factors in Patients With Third-Degree Atrioventricular Block

Acute Myocardial Infarction With Simultaneous ST-Segment Elevation in the Precordial and Inferior Leads: Evaluation of Anatomic Lesions and Clinical Implications

Clinicopathologic Study and DNA Analysis of 37 Cardiac Myxomas: A 28-Year Experience

Resting Lung Function and Hemodynamic Parameters as Predictors of Exercise Capacity in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure

COPD

A Prospective Evaluation of Lung Volume Reduction Surgery in 200 Consecutive Patients

Acute Effects of Hyperoxia on Dyspnea in Hypoxemia Patients With Chronic Airway Obstruction at Rest

Metabolic and Ventilatory Parameters of Four Activities of Daily Living Accomplished With Arms in COPD Patients

The Cellular Composition and Macrophage Phenotype in Induced Sputum in Smokers and Ex-Smokers With COPD

Plasma Orexin-A Levels and Body Composition in COPD

Aging and Disability Affect Misdiagnosis of COPD in Elderly Asthmatics: The SARA Study

Long-term Treatment Benefits With Tiotropium in COPD Patients With and Without Short-term Bronchodilator Responses

Comparison of Acetazolamide and Medroxyprogesterone as Respiratory Stimulants in Hypercapnic Patients With COPD

Prognostic Value of Nutritional Depletion in Patients With COPD Treated by Long-term Oxygen Therapy: Data From the ANTADIR Observatory

Laboratory and animal investigations

Neutrophil Chemotactic Activity of Sputum From Patients With COPD: Role of Interleukin 8 and Leukotriene B5

A Pulmonary Metastatic Model of Human Non-small Cell Lung Carcinoma Cells That Produce a Neutrophil Elastase-Like Molecule in Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Mice

Matrix Metalloproteinases Inhibition Attenuates Tobacco Smoke-Induced Emphysema in Guinea Pigs

Muscle

Quadriceps Fatigue After Cycle Exercise in Patients With COPD Compared With Healthy Control Subjects

Pulmonar Hypertensión

Pulmonary Hypertension in Patients With End-Stage Renal Disease

Effect of Orally Active Prostacyclin Analogue on Survival in Patients With Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension Without Major Vessel Obstruction

Review

Alternate Treatments in Asthma

Selected Report

Long-term Treatment With Oral Sildenafil in Addition to Continuous IV Epoprostenol in Patients With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Visceral Larva Migrans Mimicking Lymphoma

Bilateral Pneumothoraces After Unilateral Transthoracic Needle Biopsy of a Lung Nodule

Lymphoepithelial Cyst in the Lung: A Case Report

High Concentration of (13)-ß-D-Glucan in BAL Fluid in Patients With Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia

Tracheobronchomalacia and Tracheal Hemorrhage in Patients With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Receiving Long-term Ventilation With Uncuffed Tracheostomies

Special Reports

Reliability of and Correlation Between the Respiratory Therapist Written Registry and Clinical Simulation Self-Assessment Examinations