title: Platypnoea-orthodeoxia in an elderly man with patent foramen ovale and dilated ascending aorta.
abstract: We report the case of an 85-year-old male with platypnoea-orthodeoxia associated with patent foramen ovale (PFO) and ectatic ascending aorta, in the absence of any significant pulmonary pathology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine/Care of the Elderly, Salford Royal Hospital, Stott Lane, Manchester M6 8HD, UK. drtahirnazir@doctors.org.uk
authors.forename: Tahir
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nazir
authors.forename: Doros
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Polydorou
authors.forename: R Bruce
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Irwin
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Woolfson
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Thomson
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001011:Aorta / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003071:Cognition; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D017079:Exercise Tolerance; D054092:Foramen Ovale, Patent / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016896:Treatment Outcome