Unexpected postpneumonectomy exertion-induced acute right heart failure.

CONCLUSIONS:: In patients scheduled for major lung resections, preoperative stress echocardiography may give an adjunctive value to cardiopulmonary exercise test, quantifying the exercise-induced reduction in right ventricle ejection fraction and identifying asymptomatic patients at risk for postoperative ARHF. PMID: 30484385 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Tumori - Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Tumori Source Type: research