Abstract
Platypnoea-orthodeoxia is a rare, but under-diagnosed clinical entity, characterised by postural hypoxia and breathlessness. Underlying pathology is inter-atrial shunt or pulmonary vascular malformation, but what anatomical distortion / physiological alterations initiates right to left shunt, usually against the pressure gradient remains unknown.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | e155-e157 |
Journal | Heart Lung and Circulation |
Volume | 25 |
Issue number | 11 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 1 2016 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2016 Australian and New Zealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons (ANZSCTS) and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ)
Keywords
- Anoxia
- Atrial
- Echocardiography
- Lung transplantation
- Patent foramen ovale
- Septal occluder device
- Transoesophageal
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine