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Platypnoea-orthodeoxia in an elderly man with patent foramen ovale and dilated ascending aorta

Age and Ageing (2012) 41(1) 132-134
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afr131
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We report the case of an 85-year-old male with platypnoea-orthodeoxia associated with patent foramen ovale (PFO) and ectatic ascending aorta, in the absence of any significant pulmonary pathology. © The Author 2011. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Geriatrics Society. All rights reserved.

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Nazir, T., Polydorou, D., Irwin, R. B., Cooper, A., Woolfson, P., & Thomson, A. (2012). Platypnoea-orthodeoxia in an elderly man with patent foramen ovale and dilated ascending aorta. Age and Ageing, 41(1), 132–134. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afr131

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