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Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1992
© 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Original Articles: General Thoracic

Invited commentary

Center for Lung Cancer, National Cancer Center, 809 Madu1-dong, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang, Gyeonggi, 411-769, Korea

(Email: thoracic@ncc.re.kr).

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The authors have to be commended for their excellent clinical results and their complete follow-up of dynamic magnetic resonance images of more than 5 years after pneumonectomy to examine the effects of pneumonectomy on the structure and function of the heart. They concluded that cardiac function in long-term survivors after pneumonectomy is compromised, and this may be explained by the altered position of the heart [1].

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