Platypnea-orthodeoxia in a patient with ostium primum atrial septal defect with normal right heart pressures

Echocardiography

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 299-303

  Patel, Amar D ^a   Abo Auda, Wael S ^a   Nekkanti, Rajasekhar ^a   Ahmed, Sujood ^a   Razmi, Ronald M ^a   Pohost, Gerald M ^a   Nanda, Navin C ^a,b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Orthodeoxia; Ostium primum atrial septal defect; Patent foramen ovale; Platypnea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA ROOT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPNEA; ENDOCARDIAL CUSHION DEFECT; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HUMAN; PLATYPNEA ORTHODEOXIA SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; TRICUSPID VALVE INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0037396403     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8175.2003.03033.x     Document Type: Article

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