title: Intracardiac shunting across a patent foramen ovale may exacerbate hypoxemia in high-altitude pulmonary edema.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas.
authors.forename: B D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Levine
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Grayburn
authors.forename: W F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Voyles
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Greene
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Roach
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Hackett
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000532:Altitude Sickness / Q000097:blood / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012307:Risk Factors