Platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome associated with aortic insufficiency and aortic elongation
2018
: An 81-year-old female developed dyspnea only upon assuming a sitting position. Trans-esophageal echocardiography demonstrated left-to-right shunt flow across the atrial septum when the patient was sitting, and right-to-left shunt flow when she was supine, along with severe aortic insufficiency. She was diagnosed as having platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome and her symptoms were completely resolved following aortic valve replacement, closure of a patent foramen ovale, and shortening of an elongated ascending aorta.
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