Table 4.

Cardiopulmonary complications and mortality following lung cancer resection

Complication	Non-emphysema (n = 301)	Emphysema (n = 63)	P
Pulmonary fistula	26 (8.6)	9 (14.3)	0.165
Bronchial fistula	0 (0)	1 (1.6)	0.173
Pneumonia	6 (1.8)	7 (11.1)	0.003
Emphysema	2 (0.7)	0 (0)	0.683
Arrhythmia	8 (2.7)	6 (9.5)	0.021
30-day mortality	0 (0)	0 (0)
In-hospital death	1 (0.3)	0 (0)