CPAP suppression of awake right-to-left shunting through patent foramen ovale in a patient with obstructive sleep apnoea

Thorax

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 880-881

  Pinet, C ^a   Orehek, J ^a  

^a HÔPITAL SAINTE MARGUERITE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART RIGHT LEFT SHUNT; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SNORING; SOMNOLENCE; SYMPTOM;

CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 26944491116     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2004.027508     Document Type: Article

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