Ascending aortic aneurysm and patent foramen ovale: A rare cause of platypnea-orthodeoxia;Aneurisma da aorta ascendente e foramen ovale patente: Uma causa rara de platipneia-ortodeóxia

Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 445-450

  Baptista, Rui ^a   Da Silva, António Marinho ^a   Castro, Graça ^a   Monteiro, Pedro ^a   Providência, Luís A ^a  

^a CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ascending aortic aneurysm; Hypoxia; Patent foramen ovale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BREATHING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CYANOSIS; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PLATYPNEA ORTHODEOXIA; RARE DISEASE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; TACHYPNEA; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ANOXIA; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FORAMEN OVALE, PATENT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE;

EID: 79959274452     PISSN: 08702551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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