Pulmonary Endarterectomy Improves Dyspnea by the Relief of Dead Space Ventilation Mart N. van der Plas, MS, Herre J. Reesink, MD, PhD, Carel M. Roos, MD, Reindert P. van Steenwijk, MD, Jaap J. Kloek, MD, Paul Bresser, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 89, Issue 2, Pages 347-352 (February 2010) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.08.001 Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Preoperative dead space ventilation (VD/VT) and mean pulmonary arterial pressure (mPAP) against New York Heart Association (NYHA functional class). Error bars show the standard deviation. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2010 89, 347-352DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.08.001) Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Change in absolute dead space (Delta VD) and change in mean pulmonary arterial pressure (Delta mPAP) against changes in Borg score at rest (Delta Borg). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2010 89, 347-352DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.08.001) Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Change in absolute dead space (Delta VD) and change in mean pulmonary arterial pressure (Delta mPAP) against changes in NYHA functional class (Delta NYHA). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2010 89, 347-352DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.08.001) Copyright © 2010 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions