title: Transient right-to-left shunting through a patent foramen ovale secondary to unilateral diaphragmatic paralysis.
abstract: A 57 year old patient presented with unilateral diaphragmatic paralysis and severe hypoxaemia secondary to transient right-to-left interatrial shunting through a patent foramen ovale. The final diagnosis was made because of the initial detection of a shunt while the patient was breathing 100% oxygen.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Neumología, Hospital Universitario La Fe, Valencia, Spain.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Cordero
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Morales
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mora
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cebrian
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vallterra
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gudin
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Benlloch
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Marco
mesh_terms: D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D012133:Respiratory Paralysis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*