Platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome with atrial septal defect

Circulation Journal

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 172-175

  Hirai, Nobutaka ^a   Fukunaga, Takashi ^a   Kawano, Hiroaki ^a   Honda, Osamu ^a   Sakamoto, Tomohiro ^a   Yoshimura, Michihiro ^a   Kugiyama, Kiyotaka ^a   Ogawa, Hisao ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial septal defect; Intracardiac shunts; Platypnea; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BREATHING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN SATURATION; PLATYPNEA ORTHODEOXIA SYNDROME; SUPINE POSITION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANOXEMIA; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; JAPAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POSTURE; SYNDROME;

EID: 0037322277     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.67.172     Document Type: Article

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