Right-to-left shunting through a patent foramen ovale without pulmonary hypertension. Transient improvement after balloon catheter closure.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A patient had a history of right tuberculosis and severe hypoxemia secondary to right-to-left shunting through a patent foramen ovale without pulmonary hypertension. A balloon tip catheter was positioned in the left atrium and retracted against the atrial septum and the hypoxemia was temporarily resolved.
Medical subject headings
- Catheterization
- Heart Septal Defects, Atrial
- Hypertension, Pulmonary