Patent foramen ovale presenting as platypnea-orthodeoxia: Diagnosis by transesophageal echocardiography

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1039-1041

  Roxas Timonera, Miriam ^a   Larracas, Cristina ^a   Gersony, Deborah ^a   Di Tullio, Marco ^a   Keller, Andrew ^a   Homma, Shunichi ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CAPILLARY PRESSURE; CASE REPORT; DYSPNEA; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART RIGHT LEFT SHUNT; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; OXYGEN SATURATION; TILT TABLE TEST; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0035186784     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mje.2001.112968     Document Type: Article

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