Platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome a probably underestimated syndrome?

Chest

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1624-1625

  Godart, F ^a   Rey, C ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APNEA; BLOOD FLOW; BODY POSTURE; DIASTOLE; DYSPNEA; HEART ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART VENTRICLE COMPLIANCE; HUMAN; HYDRATION; HYPOXEMIA; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; KINETICS; KYPHOSCOLIOSIS; LETTER; LOBECTOMY; LUNG EMBOLISM; OXYGEN TENSION; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHUNTING; STROKE;

EID: 0034945146     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.119.5.1624-a     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. A case of orthodeoxia caused by an atrial septal aneurysm
2. Atrial right-to-left shunting causing severe hypoxaemia despite normal right-sided pres-sures: Report of 11 consecutive cases corrected by percutane-ous closure
3. Interatrial right-to-left shunting developing after pulmonary resection in the absence of elevated right-sided heart pressures: Review of literature