Open AccessRefractory hypoxemia in inferior myocardial infarction from right‐to‐left shunting through a patent foramen ovale: A case report and review of the literature
Author(s) -
Silver Marc T.,
Lieberman Eric H.,
Thibault George E.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
clinical cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.263
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1932-8737
pISSN - 0160-9289
DOI - 10.1002/clc.4960171113
Subject(s) - medicine , patent foramen ovale , hypoxemia , shunting , cardiology , myocardial infarction , complication , right to left shunt , cardiac catheterization , refractory (planetary science) , foramen secundum , surgery , physics , migraine , astrobiology
Abstract Right ventricular (RV) infarction is a well‐recognized complication of some acute inferior myocardial infarctions. Recently, there have been numerous case reports of RV infarctions complicated by severe refractory hypoxemia secondary to right‐to‐left shunting through a patent foramen ovale. An additional case missed by transthoracic echocardiography and cardiac catheterization is reported and the English literature on the subject is reviewed.