Platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome related to right hemidiaphragmatic elevation and a 'stretched' patent foramen ovale

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Sakagianni, Katerina ^a   Evrenoglou, Despina ^a   Mytas, Dimitrios ^a   Vavuranakis, Manolis ^b  

^a SISMANOGLIO HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b HIPPOKRATION HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; SERTRALINE;

AGED; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BREATHING DISORDER; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMIDIAPHRAGM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKINESIA; HYPOXEMIA; HYPOXIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER CYST; LUNG EMBOLISM; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PERITONITIS; PLATYPNEA ORTHODEOXIA SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84872587195     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2012-007735     Document Type: Article

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