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Platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome in the elderly treated by percutaneous patent foramen ovale closure: a case series and literature review |
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Published in | European journal of internal medicine. 2013, vol. 24, no. 8, p. 813-7 | |
Abstract | Platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome (POS) is a rare clinical phenomenon, associating normal oxygen saturation in a supine position and arterial hypoxemia in an upright position. This pathology can be secondary to an intracardiac shunt, a pulmonary vascular shunt or a ventilation-perfusion mismatch. Cardiac POS occurs in the presence of a right-to-left cardiac shunt, most commonly through a patent foramen ovale (PFO). | |
Keywords | Aged — 80 and over — Aneurysm/complications — Anoxia/etiology/surgery — Cardiac Catheterization — Databases — Factual — Dyspnea/etiology/surgery — Female — Foramen Ovale — Patent/complications/diagnosis/surgery — Heart Septal Defects — Atrial/complications — Humans — Male — Middle Aged — Posture — Prospective Studies — Supine Position — Syndrome | |
Identifiers | PMID: 24007641 | |
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Citation (ISO format) | BLANCHE, Coralie Amandine et al. Platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome in the elderly treated by percutaneous patent foramen ovale closure: a case series and literature review. In: European journal of internal medicine, 2013, vol. 24, n° 8, p. 813-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2013.08.698 https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:90400 |