Platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome associated with patent foramen ovale and aortic ectasia.
A 59-year-old man was admitted for dyspnea on exertion and edema. The patient did not have any pulmonary diseases that could cause dyspnea. Transesophageal echocardiography on the tilting bed with contrast infusion revealed a right-to-left shunt through the patent foramen ovale. Therefore, he was diagosed as platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome due to the patent foramen ovale. Surgical closure was done and all of his symptoms had improved.
Kusunose
Kenya
K
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan.
Yamada
Hirotsugu
H
Todoroki
Takashi
T
Nishio
Susumu
S
Niki
Toshiyuki
T
Yamaguchi
Koji
K
Koshiba
Kunihiko
K
Yagi
Shusuke
S
Iwase
Takashi
T
Soeki
Takeshi
T
Wakatsuki
Tetsuzo
T
Akaike
Masashi
M
Kitagawa
Tetsuya
T
Sata
Masataka
M
D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology*; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004489:Edema, Cardiac / Q000150:complications*; D054092:Foramen Ovale, Patent / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013577:Syndrome; D016896:Treatment Outcome