title: Postpneumonectomy interatrial right-to-left shunt: successful percutaneous treatment.
abstract: This report describes the case of a 67-year-old man in whom atrial right-to-left shunt developed after a right pneumonectomy, leading to dyspnea with severe arterial desaturation. Transcatheter occlusion of the patent foramen ovale was successfully performed using a buttoned device. Review of literature and mechanisms of these atrial right-to-left shunts are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital Cardiologique and Clinique Chirurgicale, Hôpital Calmette, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Lille, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Godart
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Porte
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rey
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Lablanche
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wurtz
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D004867:Equipment Design; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000209:etiology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D011140:Polyurethanes; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D019736:Prostheses and Implants
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D011140:Polyurethanes; D010100:Oxygen