A rare post-lobectomy complication of right-to-left shunt via foramen ovale.

Nobuaki AraiRiken KawachiYoko NakazatoKeisei TachibanaYasushi NagashimaRyota TanakaKazuma OkamotoHaruhiko Kondo

Published in: General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (2019)

Postoperative intracardiac shunt via PFO can cause severe hypoxemia after lung resection. POS suggests the possibility of intracardiac shunt and careful observation is needed.

Keyphrases

pulmonary artery
left atrial appendage
patients undergoing
coronary artery
pulmonary hypertension
pulmonary arterial hypertension
drug induced