Acute right-to-left inter-atrial shunt; an important cause of profound hypoxia

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 921-925

  Marples, I L ^a   Heap, M J ^a   Suvarna, S K ^a   Mills, G H ^b  

^a NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complications, hypoxia; Heart, bubble contrast echocardiography; Intensive care

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREATHING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPNEA; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART FORAMEN OVALE; HEART RIGHT LEFT SHUNT; HEMICOLECTOMY; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; ONSET AGE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033653707     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/85.6.921     Document Type: Article

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