Right-to-left shunting through a patent foramen ovale without pulmonary hypertension. Transient improvement after balloon catheter closure.
A patient had a history of right tuberculosis and severe hypoxemia secondary to right-to-left shunting through a patent foramen ovale without pulmonary hypertension. A balloon tip catheter was positioned in the left atrium and retracted against the atrial septum and the hypoxemia was temporarily resolved.
Remy-Jardin
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Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Hopital A. Calmette, Lille, France.
Remy
J
J
Wallaert
B
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D000368:Aged; D002404:Catheterization; D003326:Coronary Circulation / Q000502:physiology; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D011652:Pulmonary Circulation / Q000502:physiology