Platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome in patients presenting enlarged aortic root: case report and literature review

We describe herein a case of a patient who, when in orthostatic positions, had severe hypoxemia and ventilatory dysfunction. Although the severity of symptoms required hospitalization in an intensive care setting, the initial tests only identified the presence of enlarged aortic root, which did not...

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Autores principales: Townsend, Raquel da Silva, Costa, Ana Lúcia Martins, Gib, Marcelo Cúrcio, Dexheimer Neto, Felippe Leopoldo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Associação Brasileira de Medicina intensiva 2014
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4188469/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25295827
http://dx.doi.org/10.5935/0103-507X.20140044

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4188469/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25295827
http://dx.doi.org/10.5935/0103-507X.20140044

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