Dynamic echocardiography in evaluation of platypnoea‐orthodeoxia

Platypnoea‐orthodeoxia is an infrequent syndrome that is usually associated with positional intracardiac right‐to‐left shunting. The authors report the case of a patient who presented with deteriorating severe dyspnoea and deoxygenation in the upright position that was partially relieved by recumben...

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Autores principales: Yastrebov, Konstantin, Sader, Mark, Youssef, George, Nojoumian, Haidy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2015
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Case Study
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5025116/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28191146
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/j.2205-0140.2012.tb00230.x
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Sumario:Platypnoea‐orthodeoxia is an infrequent syndrome that is usually associated with positional intracardiac right‐to‐left shunting. The authors report the case of a patient who presented with deteriorating severe dyspnoea and deoxygenation in the upright position that was partially relieved by recumbent repositioning. Dynamic echocardiography provided insight into the underlying anatomical and pathophysiological mechanisms as well as guidance for definitive therapy.

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