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Hypoxemia explained 36 years later.
Fouty, B W; Lynch, D A; Fontenot, A P; Schwarz, M I.
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  • Fouty BW; Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80262, USA. brian.fouty@uchsc.edu
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 / Hypoxia Limits: Adult / Humans / Male Language: En Journal: Chest Year: 2001 Document type: Article Affiliation country: United States Country of publication: United States
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Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Postoperative Complications / Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Hypoxia Limits: Adult / Humans / Male Language: En Journal: Chest Year: 2001 Document type: Article Affiliation country: United States Country of publication: United States