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Table 2 Incidence of postoperative cardiopulmonary complications

From: Pulmonary arterial enlargement predicts cardiopulmonary complications after pulmonary resection for lung cancer: a retrospective cohort study

PCC

Total

PA/A ratio ≤1.0

PA/A ratio >1.0

P value

(n = 237)

(n =217)

(n = 20)

Any complication

16 (7)

9 (4)

7 (35)

0.0001

Atrial fibrillation

7 (3)

5 (2)

2 (10)

0.11

Pneumonia

5 (2)

3 (1)

2 (10)

0.06

Atelectasis

5 (2)

3 (1)

2 (10)

0.06

Hypoxaemia

3 (1)

1 (1)

2 (10)

0.02

Acute heart failure

1 (0.4)

0 (0)

1 (0.5)

0.08

30-day mortality

0 (0)

0 (0)

(0)

1.0

In-hospital mortality

1 (0.4)

1 (0.4)

0 (0)

1.0

  1. All values are n (%)
  2. PCC postoperative cardiopulmonary complication, PA/A ratio pulmonary-artery-to-aorta ratio