Institutions:
  1. Cardiac Sciences Department, College of Medicine, King Fahad Cardiac Centre, King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  2. Department of Adult Cardiac Surgery, Prince Sultan Cardiac Centre, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  3. Cardiothoracic Surgery Department, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt
  4. Cardiac Surgery Department, Johns Hopkins Aramco Hospital, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Keywords: Pulmonary function test, left ventricular dysfunction, congestive heart failure, pulmonary complications, left-sided valvular dysfunction
Word Count: 237 words
Abstract word count: 3409 words