Haemodynamic complications after pneumonectomy: atrial inflow obstruction and reopening of the foramen ovale

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 268-271

  Aigner, Clemens ^a   Lang, György ^a   Taghavi, Shahrokh ^a   Reza Hoda, Mir Ali ^a   Marta, Gabriel ^a   Baumgartner, Helmut ^a   Klepetko, Walter ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Complication management; Haemodynamic complication; Inflow obstruction; Pneumonectomy; Reopened foramen ovale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; ATRIAL INFLOW OBSTRUCTION; CARDIAC CATHETERISATION; CASE REPORT; CATHETERIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAPHRAGM MOVEMENT; DIAPHRAGM RELAXATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FORAMEN OVALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; OBSTRUCTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOTOMY;

AGED; ATRIAL FUNCTION, RIGHT; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; COHORT STUDIES; DIAPHRAGM; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FORAMEN OVALE, PATENT; HEART ATRIA; HEART DISEASES; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR DISEASES; PNEUMONECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION;

EID: 38149047569     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2007.10.020     Document Type: Article

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