title: Severe hypoxemia in a patient with acute myocardial infarction.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Rambam Medical Center and Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa Israel. m_kapelovich@rambam.health.gov.il
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kapeliovich
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Agmon
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zdorovyak
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hammerman
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Beyar
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mahamid
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matanis
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Finkelstein
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Braver
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khury
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lorber
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D021721:Balloon Occlusion; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D004452:Echocardiography; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D015607:Stents; D018497:Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy