Hypoxemia from right-to-left shunting through a patent foramen ovale in right ventricular infarction: treatment by revascularization, preload reduction, and, finally, interventional PFO closure

Clin Res Cardiol. 2006 Dec;95(12):680-4. doi: 10.1007/s00392-006-0442-3. Epub 2006 Sep 28.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Female
  • Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / diagnosis
  • Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / etiology
  • Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Hypoxia / etiology*
  • Myocardial Infarction / complications*
  • Myocardial Infarction / diagnosis
  • Respiratory Function Tests
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / diagnosis
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / etiology
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / surgery*