Platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome related to an aortic aneurysm combined with an aneurysm of the atrial septum

Chest

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 553-557

  Faller, Michèle ^a   Kessler, Romain ^a   Chaouat, Ari ^a   Ehrhart, May ^a   Petit, Hélène ^b   Weitzenblum, Emmanuel ^a  

^a HÔPITAL DE HAUTEPIERRE   (France)

^b Hospices civils de Strasbourg   (France)

Author keywords

Aortic aneurysm; Atrial septal aneurysm; Orthodeoxia; Platypnea

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDROME DELINEATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033890827     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.118.2.553     Document Type: Article

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