Patent Foramen Ovale and Ascending Aortic Dilatation Causing Platypnea-Orthodeoxia Syndrome

Platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome (POS) is an underdiagnosed clinical syndrome characterized by dyspnea (platypnea) and hypoxemia (orthodeoxia) in the upright position that resolves when recumbent. POS is often due to an underlying right-to-left shunt. Four broad mechanisms for the shunt have been desc...

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Autores principales: Ahmed, Alaaeldin, Rupal, Arashdeep, Walker, Alexander, Al Omari, Omar, Jani, Chinmay, Singh, Harpreet, Nanchal, Rahul S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9381869/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35989814
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.26953

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