Late emergence of platypnea orthodeoxia: Chiari network and atrial septal hypertrophy demonstrated with transoesophageal echocardiography

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 694-696

  Shakur, R ^a   Ryding, A ^a   Timperley, J ^a   Becher, H ^a   Leeson, P ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrial septum; Chiari network; Platypnea orthodeoxia; Transoesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; PLATYPNEA ORTHODEOXIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CARDIOMEGALY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

AGED; ATRIAL SEPTUM; CARDIOMEGALY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; FORAMEN OVALE, PATENT; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 58149329051     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jen015     Document Type: Article

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