A case with sudden onset of position-dependent hypoxemia caused by reopening of foramen ovale

Journal of Cardiology Cases

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Tada, Tomohisa ^a   Fujita, Masatoshi ^b   Goto, Tomoyuki ^a   Tamura, Toshihiro ^a   Ono, Koh ^a   Kita, Toru ^a   Takahashi, Ken ichi ^b   Osada, Hiroaki ^b   Sakata, Ryuzo ^b   Kimura, Takeshi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hypoxemia; Patent foramen ovale; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DECUBITUS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG EMBOLISM; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS VENOSUS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 77950231901     PISSN: 18785409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jccase.2009.08.007     Document Type: Article

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