REFRACTORY HYPOXEMIA IN INFERIOR MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION FROM RIGHT-TO-LEFT SHUNTING THROUGH A PATENT FORAMEN OVALE - A CASE-REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

Authors
SILVER MT LIEBERMAN EH THIBAULT GE
Citation
Mt. Silver et al., REFRACTORY HYPOXEMIA IN INFERIOR MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION FROM RIGHT-TO-LEFT SHUNTING THROUGH A PATENT FORAMEN OVALE - A CASE-REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE, Clinical cardiology, 17(11), 1994, pp. 627-630
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Clinical cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01609289
Volume
17
Issue
11
Year of publication
1994
Pages
627 - 630
Database
ISI
SICI code
0160-9289(1994)17:11<627:RHIIMF>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Right ventricular (RV) infarction is a well-recognized complication of some acute inferior myocardial infarctions. Recently, there have been numerous case reports of RV infarctions complicated by severe refract ory hypoxemia secondary to right-to-left shunting through a patent for amen ovale. An additional case missed by transthoracic echocardiograph y and cardiac catheterization is reported and the English literature o n the subject is reviewed.