title: Platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome associated with patent foramen ovale and aortic ectasia.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan.
authors.forename: Kenya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kusunose
authors.forename: Hirotsugu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Todoroki
authors.forename: Susumu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nishio
authors.forename: Toshiyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Niki
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: Kunihiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Koshiba
authors.forename: Shusuke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yagi
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iwase
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Soeki
authors.forename: Tetsuzo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wakatsuki
authors.forename: Masashi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Akaike
authors.forename: Tetsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kitagawa
authors.forename: Masataka
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sata
mesh_terms: 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