Open AccessOutcome after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery and open pulmonary lobectomy in patients with low VO2 max: a case-matched analysis from the ESTS database
Author(s) -
S. Begum,
Kostas Papagiannopoulos,
PierreEmmanuel Falcoz,
Herbert Decaluwé,
Michele Salati,
Alessandro Brunelli
Publication year - 2015
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 - 10.1093/ejcts/ezv378
Subject(s) - medicine , vats lobectomy , thoracotomy , cardiac surgery , cardiothoracic surgery , video assisted thoracoscopic surgery , cardiopulmonary bypass , mortality rate , surgery , database , cardiology , pneumonectomy , lung , computer science
The aim was to verify the association of low VO2 max with postoperative morbidity and mortality after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) or open pulmonary lobectomy using the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS) database.
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