Open AccessExercise capacity assessment in patients undergoing lung resection☆
Author(s) -
Antonio Bobbio,
Alfredo Chetta,
Eveline Internullo,
Luca Ampollini,
Paolo Carbognani,
Stefano Bettati,
Michele Rusca,
Dario Olivieri
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303
H-Index - 133
eISSN - 1873-734X
pISSN - 1010-7940
DOI - 10.1016/j.ejcts.2008.11.004
Subject(s) - medicine , pneumonectomy , complication , pulmonary function testing , receiver operating characteristic , diffusing capacity , surgery , lung , population , lung volumes , radiology , lung function , environmental health
The value is examined of preoperative functional assessment, including exercise capacity measurement by a cycloergometric maximal exercise test, in the prediction of postoperative cardio-pulmonary complication after lobar resection.
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