Severe hypoxemia in a patient with acute myocardial infarction.
A case report of a patient with acute myocardial infarction and severe hypoxemia due to acute right to left interatrial shunt (RLIAS) is presented. Diagnostic and therapeutic procedures are discussed.
Kapeliovich
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M
Department of Cardiology, Rambam Medical Center and Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa Israel. m_kapelovich@rambam.health.gov.il
Agmon
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Y
Zdorovyak
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A
Hammerman
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H
Beyar
R
R
Mahamid
E
E
Matanis
Y
Y
Finkelstein
R
R
Schwartz
Y
Y
Braver
Y
Y
Khury
A
A
Lorber
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