Intermittent atrial level right-to-left shunt with temporary hypoxemia in a patient during support with a left ventricular assist device

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 125-127

  Kilger, E ^a   Strom, C ^a   Frey, L ^a   Felbinger, T W ^a   Pichler, B ^a   Tichy, M ^a   Rank, N ^a   Wheeldon, D ^b   Kesel, K ^a   Schmitz, C ^a   Reichenspurner, H ^a   Polasek, J ^a   Weis, F ^a   Goetz, A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Left ventricular assist device; Patent foramen ovale; Transesophageal echocardiography, hypoxemia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART LEFT RIGHT SHUNT; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ANOXEMIA; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0033985106     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-6576.2000.440122.x     Document Type: Article

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