Platypnea–orthodeoxia syndrome is diagnosed when a patient endorses positional dyspnea and there is evidence of arterial ...
A 73-year-old woman was admitted because of progressive shortness of breath over the previous two weeks, which affected her daily activities. She had a history of congestive heart failure (New York ...
The Clinical Problem-Solving article by Hegland et al. (Dec. 1 issue) 1 concerned a case of platypnea–orthodeoxia, in which a positionally dependent intracardiac right-to-left shunt led to arterial ...
Platypnea is the sensation of dyspnea while in the upright position that improves or resolves while laying supine. This is the opposite of orthopnea, which is commonly present in congestive heart ...
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A pulmonary arteriovenous malformation is an abnormal connection between an artery and a vein within the lungs that allows deoxygenated venous blood to pass directly into the system circulation.
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