PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - T S van der Werf
AU  - G P Mannes
AU  - J M Hew
AU  - R G Grevink
AU  - T W van der Mark
AU  - T Ebels
AU  - G H Koëter
TI  - Improved gas exchange after pneumonectomy in an adult with incomplete pulmonary vein atresia.
AID  - 10.1136/thx.49.7.723
DP  - 1994 Jul 01
TA  - Thorax
PG  - 723--725
VI  - 49
IP  - 7
4099  - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/49/7/723.short
4100  - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/49/7/723.full
SO  - Thorax1994 Jul 01; 49
AB  - Atresia of the pulmonary veins of the left lung and the right upper lobe with moderate pulmonary hypertension was diagnosed in a 20 year old man presenting with exertional dyspnoea and haemoptysis. After left pneumonectomy gas exchange appeared to have improved. This was shown by improved arterial oxygen pressures during all steps of exercise in a cycle ergometer test in comparison with values obtained before surgery. This improvement could be entirely attributed to a decrease in physiological dead space ventilation.