Platypnea-orthodeoxia associated with a fenestrated atrial septal aneurysm: Case Report

BACKGROUND: Platypnea-orthodeoxia describes the condition of combined dyspnea and hypoxia respectively, whilst in the upright position, which improves in the recumbent position. CASE REPORT: We present a case of platypnea-orthodeoxia due to a fenestrated atrial septal defect associated with an atria...

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Autores principales: van Gaal, William J, Joseph, Majo, Jones, Elizabeth, Matalanis, George, Horrigan, Mark
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2005
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1224860/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16159401
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-7120-3-28
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author van Gaal, William J
Joseph, Majo
Jones, Elizabeth
Matalanis, George
Horrigan, Mark
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Joseph, Majo
Jones, Elizabeth
Matalanis, George
Horrigan, Mark
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description BACKGROUND: Platypnea-orthodeoxia describes the condition of combined dyspnea and hypoxia respectively, whilst in the upright position, which improves in the recumbent position. CASE REPORT: We present a case of platypnea-orthodeoxia due to a fenestrated atrial septal defect associated with an atrial septal aneurysm. Due to the fenestrated nature of the atrial septal defect, surgical rather than percutaneous correction was performed. CONCLUSION: A high index of suspicion is required to diagnose the syndrome of platypnea-orthodeoxia. Careful echocardiographic evaluation is required to identify the syndrome, and to determine suitability for percutaneous repair.
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spelling pubmed-12248602005-09-22 Platypnea-orthodeoxia associated with a fenestrated atrial septal aneurysm: Case Report van Gaal, William J Joseph, Majo Jones, Elizabeth Matalanis, George Horrigan, Mark Cardiovasc Ultrasound Case Report BACKGROUND: Platypnea-orthodeoxia describes the condition of combined dyspnea and hypoxia respectively, whilst in the upright position, which improves in the recumbent position. CASE REPORT: We present a case of platypnea-orthodeoxia due to a fenestrated atrial septal defect associated with an atrial septal aneurysm. Due to the fenestrated nature of the atrial septal defect, surgical rather than percutaneous correction was performed. CONCLUSION: A high index of suspicion is required to diagnose the syndrome of platypnea-orthodeoxia. Careful echocardiographic evaluation is required to identify the syndrome, and to determine suitability for percutaneous repair. BioMed Central 2005-09-13 /pmc/articles/PMC1224860/ /pubmed/16159401 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-7120-3-28 Text en Copyright © 2005 van Gaal et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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van Gaal, William J
Joseph, Majo
Jones, Elizabeth
Matalanis, George
Horrigan, Mark
Platypnea-orthodeoxia associated with a fenestrated atrial septal aneurysm: Case Report
title Platypnea-orthodeoxia associated with a fenestrated atrial septal aneurysm: Case Report
title_full Platypnea-orthodeoxia associated with a fenestrated atrial septal aneurysm: Case Report
title_fullStr Platypnea-orthodeoxia associated with a fenestrated atrial septal aneurysm: Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Platypnea-orthodeoxia associated with a fenestrated atrial septal aneurysm: Case Report
title_short Platypnea-orthodeoxia associated with a fenestrated atrial septal aneurysm: Case Report
title_sort platypnea-orthodeoxia associated with a fenestrated atrial septal aneurysm: case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1224860/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16159401
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-7120-3-28
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