title: [Pulmonary embolism and right diaphragmatic paralysis: "one train can hide another"].
abstract: The authors report the case of an 84 year old woman admitted for a mild pulmonary embolism associated with severe hypoxaemia. The association of a right diaphragmatic paralysis with renewed patency of a foramenovale and creation of a right-to-left shunt is probably an underestimated cause of refractory hypoxaemia.
authors.affiliation: Service des urgences et soins inten- sifs cardiologiques.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Charbonnel
authors.forename: P V
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Ennezat
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Darchis
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Auffray
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Bauchart
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Aubert
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Godart
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Goldstein
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Asseman
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001794:Blood Pressure; D003964:Diaphragm; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000503:physiopathology; D010243:Paralysis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic