title: [Percutaneous closure of an right-left interatrial shunt acquired after pneumonectomy].
abstract: Right to left shunt through a patent foramen ovale after pneumonectomy is a rare complication. Its clinical presentation is a severe dyspnea with posture dependency. The diagnosis is easily confirmed by contrast echocardiography. The purpose of this article is to expose the interest of interventional catheterization and transcatheter closure. This method appears to be a viable alternative to surgery for those patients with precarious respiratory function.
authors.affiliation: Service de Pneumologie, Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse, Lyon.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vincent
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Perol
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bourlon
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vuillermoz
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nesme
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Guérin
mesh_terms: D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D016857:Hypocapnia / Q000209:etiology; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011187:Posture; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000209:etiology; D015642:Radiology, Interventional
chemical_list: D010100:Oxygen