Right hemidiaphragmatic elevation with a right-to-left interatrial shunt through a patent foramen ovale: A case report and literature review

Chest

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 2094-2096

  Ghamande, Shekhar ^a   Stoller, James K ^a   Rhodes, John F ^a   Ramsey, Rory ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diaphragm dysfunction; Hypoxemia; Patent foramen ovale

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART RIGHT LEFT SHUNT; HEMIDIAPHRAGM; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; ISCHEMIA; LABORATORY TEST; PARADOXICAL EMBOLISM; PATIENT POSITIONING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0035687525     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.120.6.2094     Document Type: Article

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