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ArticleCureus2024

Platypnea-Orthodeoxia Syndrome and COVID-19 Successfully Treated With Percutaneous Patent Foramen Ovale Closure: A Report of Two Cases and Literature Review.

Fernando Jiménez-Segovia, Sara Luis-García, Candela González-San Narciso, Pablo Demelo-Rodríguez, Rita García-Martínez, Francisco Galeano-Valle

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Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Fernando Jiménez-SegoviaInternal Medicine, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, ESP.
Sara Luis-GarcíaInternal Medicine, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, ESP.
Candela González-San NarcisoInternal Medicine, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, ESP.
Pablo Demelo-RodríguezInternal Medicine, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, ESP.
Rita García-MartínezInternal Medicine, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, ESP.
Francisco Galeano-ValleInternal Medicine, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, ESP.
Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón · ES

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Abstract

Platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome (POS) is a rare clinical condition characterized by positional dyspnea and/or hypoxia. We report two cases of patients with COVID-19 bronchopneumonia with a torpid evolution. Due to clinical suspicion of POS, a diagnostic workup was performed, including a bubble echocardiography, which revealed a patent foramen ovale (PFO) with early and massive passage of bubbles to the left cavities. Both patients underwent percutaneous PFO closure with a resolution of POS. Here, we present the second and third cases of POS associated with PFO successfully closed during the acute phase of COVID-19. This suggests that PFO closure could be a potential treatment option for this condition.

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covid-19intracardiac shuntpatent foramen ovale (pfo)platypnea-orthodeoxia syndromesars-cov-2

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PMID38646276
PMCPMC11032186
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