Open AccessPlatypnoea-orthodeoxia in an elderly man with patent foramen ovale and dilated ascending aorta
Author(s) -
Tahir Nazir,
Doros Polydorou,
R. B. Irwin,
Anne Cooper,
Peter Woolfson,
Alexander Thomson
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
age and ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1468-2834
pISSN - 0002-0729
DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afr131
Subject(s) - patent foramen ovale , medicine , ascending aorta , cardiology , foramen ovale (heart) , aorta , migraine
We report the case of an 85-year-old male with platypnoea-orthodeoxia associated with patent foramen ovale (PFO) and ectatic ascending aorta, in the absence of any significant pulmonary pathology.
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