• Acta cardiologica · Jan 1993

    Case Reports

    Platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome: a report of two cases.

    • C Timmermans, E Frans, C Herregods, M Decramer, W Daenen, and H De Geest.
    • Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium.
    • Acta Cardiol. 1993 Jan 1;48(6):583-90.

    AbstractTwo 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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