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Platypnoea orthodeoxia in a patient with aortic root dilatation and a patent foramen ovale

Lookup NU author(s): Dr James Pemberton, Dr Timothy Irvine, Dr George Antunes, Emeritus Professor John Gibson

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Abstract

Platypnoea orthodeoxia syndrome is a rare condition in which shortness of breath and hypoxaemia occur when upright and resolve when prone. The hypoxaemia results from increased right to left shunting of deoxygenated blood, when standing, through a patent foramen ovate (PFO), atrial septal defect (ASD) or other right to left shunt, in the absence of raised right-heart pressure. We present the case of a patient with platypnoea orthodeoxia with marked shunting through a large PFO, evaluated by transesophageal and transthoracic echo. (C) 2006 The European Society of Cardiology. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Author(s): Pemberton J, Irvine T, Stewart MJ, Antunes G, Gibson GJ

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: European Journal of Echocardiography

Year: 2007

Volume: 8

Issue: 2

Pages: 151-154

ISSN (print): 1525-2167

ISSN (electronic): 1532-2114

Publisher: Oxford University Press

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.euje.2005.12.010

DOI: 10.1016/j.euje.2005.12.010

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