Literature DB >> 11175017

Combined Interatrial and Intrapulmonary Shunting in Orthodeoxia Detected by Transesophageal Echocardiography.

Abhash C. Thakur1, Navin C. Nanda, Sanjay Malhotra, Michele B. St Martin, Farrukh Jamil, Dipak Agrawal, Sanjay Maheshwari, Gary A. Abrams, Bipin Patel.   

Abstract

Contrast transesophageal echocardiography was found useful in diagnosing combined interatrial and intrapulmonary right-to-left shunts in a patient presenting with orthodeoxia. This was done by separately examining the pulmonary veins and the interatrial septum during intravenous normal saline injections.

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Year:  1998        PMID: 11175017     DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1998.tb00584.x

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Echocardiography        ISSN: 0742-2822            Impact factor:   1.724


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1.  Platypnoea-orthodeoxia syndrome: novel cause for a known condition.

Authors:  Rajendra Takhar; Rakesh Biswas; Ashish Arora; Vipin Jain
Journal:  BMJ Case Rep       Date:  2014-03-07

2.  Platypnea and orthodeoxia associated with Pneumocystis jiroveci and Cytomegalovirus pneumonia: a case report.

Authors:  Konstantinos Katsoulis; Ilias Minasidis; Andreas Vainas; Christoforos Bikas; Theodoros Kontakiotis; Pantelis Vakianis
Journal:  J Med Case Rep       Date:  2009-12-05
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