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Right-to-left interatrial shunt causing platypnea after pneumonectomy. A recent experience and diagnostic value of dynamic magnetic resonance imaging.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  8131567     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Shortness of breath after pneumonectomy is a common finding that has multiple causes. We report the cases of two patients with shortness of breath on assuming an upright posture (platypnea) that followed pneumonectomy; these individuals developed right-to-left shunt across a patent foramen ovale (PFO) with normal right-sided intracardiac pressures. Both contrast echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), including a recently introduced dynamic ultrafast imaging technique, proved helpful in diagnosing this condition noninvasively.
Authors:
N Mercho; J K Stoller; R D White; A C Mehta
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Case Reports; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Chest     Volume:  105     ISSN:  0012-3692     ISO Abbreviation:  Chest     Publication Date:  1994 Mar 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1994-04-15     Completed Date:  1994-04-15     Revised Date:  2004-11-17    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0231335     Medline TA:  Chest     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  931-3     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Aged
Dyspnea / etiology*
Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / diagnosis*,  physiopathology
Humans
Lung Neoplasms / surgery
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
Male
Pneumonectomy*
Postoperative Complications / diagnosis*,  etiology
Posture / physiology*

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