title: Improved gas exchange after pneumonectomy in an adult with incomplete pulmonary vein atresia.
abstract: Atresia of the pulmonary veins of the left lung and the right upper lobe with moderate pulmonary hypertension was diagnosed in a 20 year old man presenting with exertional dyspnoea and haemoptysis. After left pneumonectomy gas exchange appeared to have improved. This was shown by improved arterial oxygen pressures during all steps of exercise in a cycle ergometer test in comparison with values obtained before surgery. This improvement could be entirely attributed to a decrease in physiological dead space ventilation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Groningen University Hospital, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: van der Werf
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Mannes
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Hew
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Grevink
authors.forename: T W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: van der Mark
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ebels
authors.forename: G H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Koëter
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005080:Exercise Test; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011659:Pulmonary Gas Exchange / Q000502:physiology*; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities*
chemical_list: D010100:Oxygen