Cardiac platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome: An often unrecognized malady

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 645-649

  Knapper, Joseph T ^a   Schultz, Jason ^c   Das, Gladwin ^c   Sperling, Laurence S ^b  

^a Division of Cardiology   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CARDIAC PLATYPNEA ORTHODEOXIA SYNDROME; CASE REPORT; DYSPNEA; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICULAR DILATATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN NASAL CANNULA; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PATIENT HISTORY OF SURGERY; RARE DISEASE; REVIEW; SEPTAL OCCLUDER; SHUNTING; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANOXIA; AORTA ANEURYSM; COMPLICATION; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; RISK FACTOR; SYNDROME;

ANOXIA; AORTIC ANEURYSM; DYSPNEA; FORAMEN OVALE, PATENT; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SYNDROME;

EID: 84911805199     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: 19328737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.22301     Document Type: Review

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