A Case of Platypnea-Orthodeoxia Syndrome in a Patient with a Pulmonary Arteriovenous Fistula and a Patent Foramen Ovale

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 439.e5-439.e10

  Ohara, Takahiro ^a   Nakatani, Satoshi ^a   Hashimoto, Shuji ^a   Akaiwa, Yasuhisa ^a   Yazaki, Satoshi ^a   Kimura, Koji ^a   Nakasone, Izuru ^a   Masuda, Yoshikazu ^a   Kanzaki, Hideaki ^a   Kitakaze, Masafumi ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DYSPNEA; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART RIGHT LEFT SHUNT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; MALE; MICROBUBBLE; PLATYPNEA ORTHODEOXIA SYNDROME; PULMONARY VEIN; RECUMBENCY; SYMPTOM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VEIN DILATATION;

EID: 33947647374     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2006.10.022     Document Type: Article

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