Platypnoea-orthodeoxia syndrome, an underdiagnosed cause of hypoxaemia: four cases and the possible underlying mechanisms

Cardiac platypnoea-orthodeoxia syndrome (POS) is a position-dependent condition of dyspnoea and hypoxaemia due to right-to-left shunting. It often remains unrecognised in clinical practice, possibly because of its complex underlying pathophysiology. We present four consecutive patients with POS and...

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Autores principales: Nassif, M., Lu, H., Konings, T.C., Bouma, B.J., Vonk Noordegraaf, A., Straver, B., Blom, N.A., Clur, S.A., Backx, A.P.C.M., Groenink, M., Boekholdt, S.M., Koolbergen, D.R., Hazekamp, M.G., Mulder, B.J.M., de Winter, R.J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Bohn Stafleu van Loghum 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4608923/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26170192
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12471-015-0714-5

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