Platypnoea-orthodeoxia syndrome due to a patent foramen oval with marked lipomatous hypertrophy

Arch Cardiovasc Dis. 2011 Apr;104(4):261-2. doi: 10.1016/j.acvd.2010.10.010. Epub 2011 Mar 26.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Cardiac Catheterization / instrumentation
  • Cardiomegaly / diagnostic imaging
  • Cardiomegaly / etiology*
  • Dyspnea / etiology*
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Foramen Ovale, Patent / complications*
  • Foramen Ovale, Patent / diagnosis
  • Foramen Ovale, Patent / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Hypoxia / etiology*
  • Lipomatosis / complications*
  • Lipomatosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Male
  • Septal Occluder Device
  • Treatment Outcome