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Platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome: a report of two cases.
Timmermans C, Frans E, Herregods C, Decramer M, Daenen W, De Geest H.
Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium.
Two cases of orthostatic dyspnea and arterial desoxygenation, as a postpneumonectomy complication, are reported. In one patient, echocardiography and cardiac catheterization revealed the presence of an atrial septal aneurysm, which has never been described in association with the platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome. The other case illustrates that, despite actual technical possibilities, clinical suspicion remains a prerequisite for proper diagnosis of the entity.
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PMID: 8122482 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]