Unexplained dyspnea in an old patient with recurrent stroke: Platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome and evidence of patent foramen ovale

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 93-94

  Angelini, Monica ^a   Lambru, Giorgio ^a   Montepietra, Sara ^a   Riccardi, Massimo ^a   Zanferrari, Carla ^a   Bortone, Ermelinda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Patent foramen ovale; Platypnea orthodeoxia syndrome; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART RIGHT LEFT SHUNT; HEART SURGERY; HEMIPARESIS; HOMONYMOUS HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PLATYPNEA ORTHODEOXIA SYNDROME; RECURRENT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION DISORDER; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORAMEN OVALE, PATENT; HUMANS; OXYGEN; RECURRENCE; STROKE; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 76449111280     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-009-0169-9     Document Type: Article

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