Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Meshalkin National Medical Research Centre, Novosibirsk, Russia. Electronic address: d_ponomarev@meshalkin.ru.
To investigate the 1-year survival in cardiac surgical patients with lung disease, including previously undiagnosed cases.
Prospective cohort study.
Tertiary hospital.
Patients scheduled for elective coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery.
None.
Pulmonary function tests (PFTs) were performed in 454 patients before surgery. Abnormal respiratory patterns were defined as follows: obstructive (forced expiratory volume in 1 second/forced vital capacity