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CPET allows to define another promising parameter, the ventilatory equivalent for carbon dioxide (VE\/VCO2 slope) that could further improve patients selection. We tested the hypothesis that VE\/VCO2 slope values may identify patients with a prohibitive risk.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A retrospective analysis was performed on a cohort of patients who underwent pneumonectomy for lung cancer from March 2000 to March 2024. Postoperative morbidity and mortality were analysed according to VO2 peak and VE\/CO2 slope values, and their risk was compared to patients who did not underwent preoperative CPET.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Out of 277 patients who underwent pneumonectomy, preoperative CPET was performed in 144 cases (52%). In this group, mortality and respiratory morbidity were 4% and 15%, respectively, compared to 6% and 14% in patients who did not undergo preoperative CPET. VE\/VCO2 slope would have been effective in detecting patients with prohibitive risk. In fact, using a slope cutoff value of 35, postoperative respiratory complications and mortality were 33% and 17%, respectively, in patients with a slope above 35 compared to 13% and 2% in those having a slope lower than 35 (P &amp;lt;.05).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>When VO2 peak suggests that pneumonectomy is feasible, values of VE\/VCO2 slope deserve attention, as the risk becomes prohibitive when excessive CO2 retention is recorded during the test. 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