Refractory hypoxaemia after pneumonectomy: diagnosis by transoesophageal echocardiography.

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  • L Berry
  • S Braude
  • J Hogan
چکیده

A patient with normal oxygenation before operation became very breathless and hypoxaemic after a right pneumonectomy. Transoesophageal echocardiography showed right to left interatrial shunting due to a patent foramen ovale. Transoesophageal echocardiography should be included in the assessment of patients who became inappropriately dyspnoeic after pneumonectomy.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Thorax

دوره 47 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1992