title: [Left-side changes in thoracic follow-up studies after heart surgery].
abstract: In routine thoracic x-ray follow-ups after cardiosurgical procedures, 93.2% of our patients (n = 88) showed radiologically perceivable pathological changes, reduced ventilation being the most common phenomenon. 77.1% the the patients showed signs of reduced ventilation, mostly the left side. Limited motility of the diaphragm on the left side was visible in 69% of the cases studied. The defective motility of the left diaphragm is attributable to direct damage to the left nervus phrenicus caused by extracardial heart cooling during surgery.
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003964:Diaphragm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced / Q000009:adverse effects; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000209:etiology; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011859:Radiography; D012133:Respiratory Paralysis / Q000209:etiology
vernacular_title: Linksseitige Veränderungen bei Thoraxverlaufskontrollen nach Herzoperation.