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Major clinical impact of patent foramen ovale after HeartMate3 implantation: periprocedural diagnosis and its pitfalls
- Source :
- BMJ Case Rep
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- We report a clinically significant right-to-left intracardiac shunt through a patent foramen ovale, diagnosed during investigations for hypoxemia and left ventricular dilation on the late postoperative period of a HeartMate3 implantation. We discuss diagnostic pitfalls and haemodynamic influences in this scenario, as well as the possibility of successful percutaneous treatment.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Percutaneous
Hemodynamics
Foramen Ovale, Patent
Case Report
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
Intracardiac injection
Hypoxemia
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Internal medicine
medicine
Humans
Hypoxia
business.industry
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Shunt (medical)
030228 respiratory system
Cardiothoracic surgery
Heart failure
Cardiology
Patent foramen ovale
medicine.symptom
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 1757790X
- Volume :
- 14
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- BMJ case reports
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....b81b8170b73ddb2a7f3601330c7a49a1