RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Improved gas exchange after pneumonectomy in an adult with incomplete pulmonary vein atresia.
JF Thorax
JO Thorax
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Thoracic Society
SP 723
OP 725
DO 10.1136/thx.49.7.723
VO 49
IS 7
A1 T S van der Werf
A1 G P Mannes
A1 J M Hew
A1 R G Grevink
A1 T W van der Mark
A1 T Ebels
A1 G H Koëter
YR 1994
UL http://thorax.bmj.com/content/49/7/723.abstract
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.