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Platypnea-Orthodeoxia Syndrome

Authors :
Masa-aki Kawashiri
Masaru Inoue
Kenji Miwa
Hounin Kanaya
Shohei Yoshida
Takao Matsubara
Makoto Tsubota
Hirofumi Okada
Kenshi Hayashi
Sawa Nambu
Ryota Teramoto
Toshihiko Yasuda
Tetsuo Konno
Masakazu Yamagishi
Source :
Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 62(8)
Publication Year :
2013
Publisher :
Elsevier BV, 2013.

Abstract

A 62-year-old man was admitted to our hospital because of cerebral infarction. Interestingly, oxygen saturation declined from 92% in supine to 78% in the upright position. Transesophageal echocardiography revealed the atrial septal defect (ASD) 10 mm in diameter. Although color Doppler demonstrated

Details

ISSN :
07351097
Volume :
62
Issue :
8
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....37f6b6f6dd10955052b6bfb641f78f3f
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2013.02.097