A rare post-lobectomy complication of right-to-left shunt via foramen ovale
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DOI: 10.1007/s11748-019-01238-9
Abstract: Various complications can cause hypoxemia after pulmonary resection for lung cancer, but intracardiac shunt that becomes symptomatic and causes severe hypoxemia postoperatively is very rare. We report a case that presented platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome (POS) due… read more here.
Keywords: foramen ovale; shunt via; left shunt; right left ... See more keywords