Platypnea-orthodeoxia due to osteoporosis and severe kyphosis: A rare cause for dyspnea and hypoxemia

Heart International

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 45-46

  Teupe, Claudius H J ^a   Groenefeld, Gerian C ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b ASKLEPIOS HOSPITAL BARMBEK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Kyphosis; Orthodeoxia; Patent foramen ovale; Platypnea; Transcatheter closure

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; KYPHOSIS; LUNG DISEASE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PLATYPNEA ORTHODEOXIA; SEPTAL OCCLUDER; SPIROMETRY; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 80655134702     PISSN: 18261868     EISSN: 20362579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/hi.2011.e13     Document Type: Article

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