Right-to-left interatrial shunt despite normal pulmonary artery pressure. Anatomical implications

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 422-424

  Soriano, Carlos J ^a   Balaguer, Jose R ^a   Lluch, Amparo ^a   Pérez Boscá, Jose L ^a   Pomar, Francisco ^a   Sanchez, Jorge ^a   Paya, Rafael ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aortic root dilation; Platypnea orthodeoxia; Right to left interatrial shunt

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEOXYGENATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART RIGHT LEFT SHUNT; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; PLATYPNEA ORTHODEOXIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; RECUMBENCY; STANDING; SUPINE POSITION;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE; BLOOD PRESSURE; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS; HUMANS; PULMONARY ARTERY;

EID: 33751241763     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2005.08.073     Document Type: Article

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