Hypoxemia explained 36 years later

被引:10
作者
Fouty, BW [1 ]
Lynch, DA [1 ]
Fontenot, AP [1 ]
Schwarz, MI [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Colorado, Hlth Sci Ctr, Div Pulm Sci & Crit Care Med, Denver, CO 80262 USA
关键词
anomalous venous return; cardiac surgery; congenital heart disease; hypoxemia;
D O I
10.1378/chest.120.5.1739
中图分类号
R4 [临床医学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100602 ;
摘要
A 37-year-old man who had an atrial septal defect (ASD) corrected as an infant was found to be hypoxemic with a 22% shunt. An MRI scan revealed that the patient's inferior vena cava drained into his left rather than his right atrium, a previously undetected complication of his ASD repair 36 years before.
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页码:1739 / 1740
页数:2
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