C C Hsia1, J I Carlin, S S Cassidy
1Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235-9034.
Pneumonectomy increases pulmonary arterial pressure during exercise due to higher blood flow, not altered lung function. This leads to increased cardiac afterload and reduced cardiac output post-surgery.
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