title: Postoperative improvement in blood lactate threshold during exercise in a patient with pulmonary arteriovenous fistula.
abstract: A 13-year-old female patient with a pulmonary arteriovenous fistula (PAVF) of 24 percent shunt fraction (SF) underwent resection of segments 8 and 9 of the left lower lobe. Three months after the operation, the shunt became insignificant and PaO2 was normalized. In terms of the maximum work rate, maximum VO2 and the VO2-blood lactate relationship, this patient showed a remarkable postoperative improvement in the exercise capacity.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Surgery, Osaka University Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Minami
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakahara
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miyoshi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takeda
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsuda
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D015308:Anaerobic Threshold; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000097:blood* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000097:blood; D002302:Cardiac Output / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D005541:Forced Expiratory Volume / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007773:Lactates / Q000097:blood*; D008168:Lung / Q000098:blood supply*; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D010101:Oxygen Consumption / Q000502:physiology; D005082:Physical Exertion / Q000502:physiology*; D014797:Vital Capacity / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D007773:Lactates; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D010100:Oxygen