Patent foramen ovale causing severe hypoxemia due to right-to-left shunting in patients without pulmonary hypertension. Clinical suspicion clues for diagnosis and treatment.
Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital de Sabadell-Institut Universitari Parc Taulí-UAB, Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain.
Núria
N
Casanovas-Marbà
Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital de Sabadell-Institut Universitari Parc Taulí-UAB, Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain.
Carlos
C
Feijoo-Massó
Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital de Sabadell-Institut Universitari Parc Taulí-UAB, Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain.
Laura
L
Guillamón-Torán
Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital de Sabadell-Institut Universitari Parc Taulí-UAB, Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain.
Eva
E
Guillaumet-Gasa
Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain.
Bruno García-Del
BG
Blanco
Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital de Sabadell-Institut Universitari Parc Taulí-UAB, Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain. Electronic address: 22917amr@comb.cat.
Antoni
A
Martínez-Rubio
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D054092:Foramen Ovale, Patent / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male