A patient with normal oxygenation before operation became very breathless and hypoxaemic after a right pneumonectomy. Transoesophageal echocardiography showed right to left interatrial shunting due to a patent foramen ovale. Transoesophageal echocardiography should be included in the assessment of patients who became inappropriately dyspnoeic after pneumonectomy.
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Berry, L., Braude, S., & Hogan, J. (1992). Refractory hypoxaemia after pneumonectomy: Diagnosis by transoesophageal echocardiography. Thorax, 47(1), 60–61. https://doi.org/10.1136/thx.47.1.60
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