Platypnea-Orthodeoxia Syndrome With Normal Right Heart Pressures in an Octogenarian

Marcin Kuzma, MD; Jessie Bowers, MD; Michael Farbaniec, MD

JACC: Case Reports (Feb 2020)

Platypnea-Orthodeoxia Syndrome With Normal Right Heart Pressures in an Octogenarian

Marcin Kuzma, MD,
Jessie Bowers, MD,
Michael Farbaniec, MD

Affiliations

Marcin Kuzma, MD: Department of Medicine, Penn State Health, Hershey, Pennsylvania; Address for correspondence: Dr. Marcin Kuzma, Department of General Internal Medicine, Penn State Health, 500 University Drive, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033.
Jessie Bowers, MD: Heart and Vascular Institute, Penn State Health, Hershey, Pennsylvania
Michael Farbaniec, MD: Heart and Vascular Institute, Penn State Health, Hershey, Pennsylvania

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 2
pp. 324 – 325

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We describe a case of platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome in an 88-year-old man who presented with progressive dyspnea. Right-to-left shunting through a patent foramen ovale (PFO) was seen in the setting of normal right-sided heart pressures. He was successfully treated with percutaneous transcatheter PFO closure. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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