Patent foramen ovale with right to left shunt as a cause of hypoxia

Wisconsin Medical Journal

Volumn 107, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 331-334

  Mareedu, Ravi K ^a   Mesa, Juan E ^a  

^a MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CARVEDILOL; CODEINE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FUROSEMIDE; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BALLOON OCCLUSION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; IMPLANT; LABORATORY TEST; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

ANOXIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FORAMEN OVALE, PATENT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION;

EID: 56049094622     PISSN: 10981861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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