[Preoperative determination of the probability of a pulmocardiac insufficiency after resection of the lung].

Pneumonectomy is endangered above all by pulmocardial insufficiency. Its probability can be calculated in advance by a simple formula and a nomogram. With the help of a special mathematical method the most important functional parameters have been investigated and the formula and nomogram have been derived. The safety of the prediction comes up to the demands of biostatistical significance.