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. 2018 Dec 14;3(1):yty158.
doi: 10.1093/ehjcr/yty158. eCollection 2019 Mar.

Platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome: a rare presentation of inferior vena cava thrombosis

Francisco Ribes  1 , Antonia Pomares  1 , Antonio Marco  1 , Ramón López-Palop  1
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Platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome: a rare presentation of inferior vena cava thrombosis

Francisco Ribes et al. Eur Heart J Case Rep. .
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Figure 1
Electrocardiogram showing S1Q3T3 pattern.
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Figure 2
(A) Coronal view of a thoracoabdominal computed tomography showing a large thrombus in the inferior vena cava from the right atrium to the right renal vein. (B) Same finding in the axial view.
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