Platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome in a patient with a pre-existing patent foramen ovale successfully treated with an atrial septal occluder

Platypnea orthodeoxia syndrome is associated with dyspnea and arterial oxygen desaturation accentuated by an upright posture. It can be secondary to an intracardiac shunt. We report a case of platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome (POS) in a 58-year old male patient who had a pre-existing patent foramen ova...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Ting-Ting, Cheng, Ge-Sheng, Wang, Jun, Wang, Xing-Ye, Xie, Xue-Gang, Du, Ya-Juan, Zhang, Yu-Shun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Science Press 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4460178/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26089859
http://dx.doi.org/10.11909/j.issn.1671-5411.2015.03.005

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4460178/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26089859
http://dx.doi.org/10.11909/j.issn.1671-5411.2015.03.005

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