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Respirophasic desaturation in multivalvar rheumatic heart disease.

Krishna Kumar Mohanan NairArun GopalakrishnanAjit Kumar Valaparambil
Published in: Acta cardiologica (2018)
A 28-year-old lady with rheumatic heart disease presented with dyspnoea and overt right heart failure and was admitted for stabilization. She had respirophasic desaturation predominantly during inspiration. Trans-oesophageal echocardiography revealed the aetiology of the same and dictated the management strategy.
Keyphrases
  • pulmonary hypertension
  • heart failure
  • rheumatoid arthritis
  • left ventricular
  • computed tomography
  • cardiac resynchronization therapy