Anatomical factors triggering platypnea-orthodeoxia in adults

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Sanikommu, Vijaya ^a   Lasorda, David ^a   Poornima, Indu ^a  

^a ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging and the cardiovascular system; Congenital heart disease in adults; Echocardiography; Pathophysiology of cardiac disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART RIGHT LEFT SHUNT; HUMAN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; MALE; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PLATYPNEA ORTHODEOXIA; SYMPTOM;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ANOXIA; AORTA; DIAPHRAGM; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; FORAMEN OVALE, PATENT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PARALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEPTAL OCCLUDER DEVICE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 73249137740     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.20461     Document Type: Article

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