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Table 1 Arterial blood gas, spirometric, and echocardiographic data of the patient before BLTx and before esophagectomy

From: Perioperative management of esophagectomy in a patient who previously underwent bilateral lung transplantation

 

Before BLTx

Before MIE

Arterial blood gases on room air

  

PaO2 (mmHg)

51

99

PaCO2 (mmHg)

49

44

SaO2 (%)

86

98.5

Spirometry

  

FVC (mL)

900

2050

%FVC (%)

36.0

83.3

FEV1.0 (mL)

640

1960

%FEV1.0 (%)

71.1

95.6

Echocardiography

  

LVEDd (mm)

31

41

LVEF (%)

77

75

TRPG (mmHg)

69

16

Others

TR II°

TR I°

  1. BLTx bilateral lung transplantation, MIE minimally invasive esophagectomy, PaO 2 arterial oxygen tension, PaCO 2 arterial carbon dioxide tension, SaO 2 arterial oxygen saturation, FVC forced vital capacity, %FVC percent-predicted FVC, FEV1.0 forced expiratory volume in one second, %FEV1.0 percent-predicted FEV1.0, LVEDd left ventricular end-diastolic diameter, LVEF left ventricular ejection fraction, TRPG maximum tricuspid regurgitation pressure gradient, TR tricuspid valve regurgitation