Acute right to left shunt through patent foramen ovale presenting as hypoxemia after myocardial infarction: A case report

Cases Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Franco, Thérèse ^a   Meléndez, José ^a   Malkin, Robert ^b   Schulman, Peter ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW BRITAIN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; OXYGEN;

ADULT; ANGIOPLASTY; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXEMIA; INTUBATION; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LUNG CONGESTION; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; RISK REDUCTION; SEROLOGY; THORAX PAIN; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953389975     PISSN: 17571626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4076/1757-1626-2-8878     Document Type: Article

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