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Review
. 1997 Sep;64(3):834-6.
doi: 10.1016/s0003-4975(97)00607-3.

Postpneumonectomy interatrial right-to-left shunt: successful percutaneous treatment

F Godart  1 , H L Porte, C Rey, J M Lablanche, A Wurtz
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Review

Postpneumonectomy interatrial right-to-left shunt: successful percutaneous treatment

F Godart et al. Ann Thorac Surg. 1997 Sep.

Abstract

This report describes the case of a 67-year-old man in whom atrial right-to-left shunt developed after a right pneumonectomy, leading to dyspnea with severe arterial desaturation. Transcatheter occlusion of the patent foramen ovale was successfully performed using a buttoned device. Review of literature and mechanisms of these atrial right-to-left shunts are discussed.

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