Hypoxemia explained 36 years later.
Chest
; 120(5): 1739-40, 2001 Nov.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-11713163
A 37-year-old man who had an atrial septal defect (ASD) corrected as an infant was found to be hypoxemic with a 22% shunt. An MRI scan revealed that the patient's inferior vena cava drained into his left rather than his right atrium, a previously undetected complication of his ASD repair 36 years before.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Postoperative Complications
/
Heart Septal Defects, Atrial
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Hypoxia
Limits:
Adult
/
Humans
/
Male
Language:
En
Journal:
Chest
Year:
2001
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States
Country of publication:
United States