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Heart International, 2011 Platypnea orthodeoxia is a rare disorder characterised by dyspnea and arterial desaturation, exacerbated by the upright position and relieved when the subject is recumbent.
Gerian C. Groenefeld, Claudius Teupe
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Evaluation of critical congenital heart defects screening using pulse oximetry in the neonatal intensive care unit. [PDF]
, 2017 ObjectiveTo evaluate the implementation of early screening for critical congenital heart defects (CCHDs) in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and potential exclusion of sub-populations from universal screening.Study designProspective evaluation of ...
Allen, D +20 more
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İstanbul Medical Journal, 2021 Paradoxical embolism is the passage of a thrombus formed in the venous system through shunts in the lung or heart into the systemic circulation. The most common intracardiac shunt is a patent foramen ovale (PFO). Since the transition of a thrombus formed
Şerif Ahmet Kandemir +3 more
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Left atrial anomalous muscular band as incidental finding during video-assisted mitral surgery [PDF]
, 2018 Congenital fibromuscular bands have been described inleft ventricle or right atrium and have been diagnosed by echocardiography and CT scan. The first report of anomalous band in the left atrium was described in 1897 by Rollestone (1).
Baldascino, Francesco +6 more
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Platypnea-Orthodeoxia Syndrome With Normal Right Heart Pressures in an Octogenarian
JACC: Case Reports, 2020 We describe a case of platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome in an 88-year-old man who presented with progressive dyspnea. Right-to-left shunting through a patent foramen ovale (PFO) was seen in the setting of normal right-sided heart pressures.
Marcin Kuzma, MD +2 more
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Stroke and migraine is there a possible comorbidity? [PDF]
, 2016 The association between migraine and stroke is still a dilemma for neurologists. Migraine is associated with an increased stroke risk and it is considered an independent risk factor for ischaemic stroke in a particular subgroup of patients.
Del Balzo, Francesca +7 more
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Local DRLs and automated risk estimation in paediatric interventional cardiology [PDF]
, 2019 Introduction : Cardiac catheterization procedures result in high radiation doses and often multiple procedures are necessary for congenital heart disease patients. However, diagnostic reference levels (DRL) remain scarce.
Bacher, Klaus +5 more
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Nationwide Hospitalization Trends in Adult Congenital Heart Disease Across 2003–2012
Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2016 BackgroundWe aimed to assess trends in hospitalization, outcomes, and resource utilization among patients admitted with adult congenital heart disease (ACHD). Methods and ResultsWe used the 2003–2012 US Nationwide Inpatient Sample for this study.
Shikhar Agarwal, Karan Sud, Venu Menon
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Translational Research in Anatomy, 2022 Background: The sternum and the heart are derived from the mesodermal germ layer; abnormalities in their development and differentiation can result in sternal and cardiac defects, including bony malformations and septal defects, respectively.
Adam Pasquinelly +3 more
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Patent foramen ovale and thromboembolic complications [PDF]
, 2010 The foramen ovale, an atrial septal defect which is essential in the fetal circulation, remains patent through adulthood in approximately 25% of the general population and so it represents the most common persistent abnormality of fetal origin.
Barbaro, G +6 more
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