SHUNT THE FRONT DOOR: PFO CLOSURE IN A PATIENT WITH PULMONARY HYPERTENSION
| Autor: | Catherine Kuntz, Jackson Walker, Daniel Wang, Evan Cohen, Jonathan Doroshow, Muhammad Abubakar Shakir |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
congenital
hereditary and neonatal diseases and abnormalities medicine.medical_specialty business.industry medicine.disease Front door Pulmonary hypertension Intracardiac injection Shunt (medical) Patient population stomatognathic system Pfo closure Internal medicine cardiovascular system medicine Patent foramen ovale Cardiology cardiovascular diseases Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 75:3166 |
| ISSN: | 0735-1097 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0735-1097(20)33793-1 |
| Popis: | A right to left intracardiac shunt through a patent foramen ovale (PFO) can present with persistent unexplained hypoxia. When identified and in the appropriate patient population, an intracardiac closure device should be deployed. A 79 year old female with a history of scleroderma complicated by |
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