Platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome: a report of two cases.
Two cases of orthostatic dyspnea and arterial desoxygenation, as a postpneumonectomy complication, are reported. In one patient, echocardiography and cardiac catheterization revealed the presence of an atrial septal aneurysm, which has never been described in association with the platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome. The other case illustrates that, despite actual technical possibilities, clinical suspicion remains a prerequisite for proper diagnosis of the entity.
Timmermans
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Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium.
Frans
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Herregods
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Decramer
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Daenen
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De Geest
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D000368:Aged; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D006346:Heart Septum; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011187:Posture; D013577:Syndrome