Platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome combined with constrictive pericarditis after coronary artery bypass surgery

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1225-1226

  Hashimoto, Masaki ^a   Okawa, Yasuhide ^a   Baba, Hiroshi ^a   Nishimura, Yoshiyuki ^a   Aoki, Masakazu ^a  

^a Toyohashi Heart Center Toyohashi   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HOME OXYGEN THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OXYGEN THERAPY; PERICARDIOTOMY; PLATYPNEA ORTHODEOXIA SYNDROME; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CYSTS; DYSPNEA; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; PERICARDIECTOMY; PERICARDITIS, CONSTRICTIVE;

EID: 33750069147     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.07.021     Document Type: Article

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