Dyspnea after pneumonectomy: the result of an atrial septal defect.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
We report the case of severe hypoxemia attributable to right-to-left shunting through an atrial septal defect after right-sided pneumonectomy that developed in a 70-year-old man. Normal right atrial and pulmonary artery pressures were measured. Right-to-left shunting through a patent foramen ovale is known as a rare complication after pneumonectomy. Our patient, however, demonstrated a true atrial septal defect (septum secundum defect) upon open operative repair of the interatrial connection.
Medical subject headings
- Dyspnea
- Heart Septal Defects, Atrial
- Pneumonectomy