What is it about?
Postoperative pulmonary function can be impaired after Mini AVR through the right anterior minithoracotomy, which was expressed by reduced spirometry parameters. Postoperative pulmonary function was also influenced by the presence of COPD and pulmonary complications.
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Why is it important?
The single lung ventilation technique has not resulted in impaired postoperative pulmonary function or a higher incidence of pulmonary complications when compared with the double lung ventilation technique during Mini AVR surgery.
Perspectives
Mini AVR should be performed when patients with impaired lung function are scheduled for AVR surgery.
Dr Jarosław Stoliński
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery and Transplantology Jagiellonian University Cracow
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This page is a summary of: Respiratory System Function in Patients after Aortic Valve Replacement through Right Anterior Minithoracotomy, The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon, February 2016, Thieme Publishing Group,
DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1571827.
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