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- Title
TIA Caused by Contrast Echocardiography in Patient with Platypnea-Orthodeoxia.
- Authors
Loncar, Goran; Payot, Laurent; Dubois, Mathieu
- Abstract
Platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome ( POS) is a rare clinical disorder characterized by dyspnea caused by the upright position and relieved at recumbent position. Few cases of POS and stroke were reported in literature, and the association between stroke and POS with evidence of patent foramen ovale ( PFO) is rare. Stroke may occur in patients with cardiac shunt who undergo contrast echocardiography. We present a patient with POS who experienced transitory ischemic attack ( TIA) most likely caused by injection of agitated saline microbubbles during screen for PFO. No case report of TIA/stroke during contrast echocardiography in patients with POS has previously been published.
- Subjects
ANEURYSM diagnosis; DIAGNOSIS of dyspnea; TRANSIENT ischemic attack diagnosis; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ADENOCARCINOMA; TRANSIENT ischemic attack; PARALYSIS; CANCER chemotherapy; CONTRAST media; MAGNETIC resonance imaging; DYSPNEA; PLATYPNEA orthodeoxia syndrome; OXYGEN therapy; PNEUMONECTOMY; DISEASE complications
- Publication
Echocardiography, 2015, Vol 32, Issue 10, p1585
- ISSN
0742-2822
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/echo.12970