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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;132:216
© 2006 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Letter to the Editor

Reply to the Editor

Sergio Baldi, MD, Enrico Ruffini, MD

Ospedale S. Giovanni Battista, Torino, Respiratory Diseases, 3, Via Genova, Torino 10126, Italy

(Email: baldi_sergio@hotmail.com).

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We do agree with Cesario and colleagues that pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) could improve clinical conditions in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), as well as in patients operated on for lung cancer, although PR in patients with COPD takes into account different strategies compared with rehabilitation in surgical patients. Indeed, PR in patients with COPD, particularly long-term physical training programs, can ameliorate dyspnea, exercise capacity, and . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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