PMID- 19727357
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20100628
LR  - 20211020
IS  - 1817-1737 (Print)
IS  - 1998-3557 (Electronic)
IS  - 1998-3557 (Linking)
VI  - 2
IP  - 3
DP  - 2007 Jul
TI  - Early changes in pulmonary functions after mitral valve replacement.
PG  - 111-7
LID - 10.4103/1817-1737.33699 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: This study evaluates changes in pulmonary functions before and after 
      mitral valve replacement (MVR). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Twenty-five patients with 
      rheumatic mitral lesions who had undergone MVR were divided into three groups, 
      based on New York Heart Association (NYHA) class. They were evaluated for changes 
      in pulmonary functions, preoperatively and postoperatively at 1 week, 1 month and 
      3 months to find any improvements after MVR. RESULTS: Forced vital capacity 
      (FVC), forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1), peak expiratory flow rates 
      were universally found to be decreased preoperatively. Total lung capacity (TLC) 
      and diffusion capacity (DLCO) were significantly reduced preoperatively in NYHA 
      Class III and IV. The pulmonary functions further declined at 1 week after 
      surgery. Except for FVC in NYHA Class IV (32.3% improvement, P < 0.05), the 
      changes were statistically insignificant. CONCLUSIONS: Pulmonary functions 
      deteriorate immediately after surgery and then recover gradually over a period of 
      3 months. However, they remain below the predicted values.
FAU - Saxena, Pankaj
AU  - Saxena P
AD  - Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Postgraduate Institute of 
      Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
FAU - Luthra, Suvitesh
AU  - Luthra S
FAU - Dhaliwal, Rajinder Singh
AU  - Dhaliwal RS
FAU - Rana, Surinder Singh
AU  - Rana SS
FAU - Behera, Digambar
AU  - Behera D
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - India
TA  - Ann Thorac Med
JT  - Annals of thoracic medicine
JID - 101280721
PMC - PMC2732086
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Mitral valve replacement
OT  - pulmonary function test
COIS- Conflict of Interest: None declared.
EDAT- 2007/07/01 00:00
MHDA- 2007/07/01 00:01
PMCR- 2007/07/01
CRDT- 2009/09/04 06:00
PHST- 2007/02/27 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2007/04/29 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2009/09/04 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2007/07/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2007/07/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 2007/07/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - ATM-02-111 [pii]
AID - 10.4103/1817-1737.33699 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Ann Thorac Med. 2007 Jul;2(3):111-7. doi: 10.4103/1817-1737.33699.