Acute Hypoxic and Refractory Respiratory Failure Induced by an Underlying PFO: An Unusual Case of Platypnea Orthodeoxia and Transient Complication after Transcatheter Closure

Platypnea orthodeoxia (PO) is an infrequent condition of dyspnea with hypoxemia, increased by adopting an upright position and is relieved in decubitus. This condition may occur in patients with hidden intracardiac shunts, usually across a persistent foramen ovale (PFO). The incidence of PFO in gene...

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Autores principales: Salazar, Carlos, Majano, Romeo A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5727695/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29318052
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/4397163

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5727695/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29318052
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/4397163

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