Abstract:We sought to characterise patients with POS related to PFO without pulmonary hypertension. We retrospectively reviewed databases at three tertiary referral hospitals in New South Wales, Australia from 2000 to 2019. Fourteen patients with a mean age of 69614 years of age had a PFO with wide tunnel separation. Median NYHA Class was II and 7 inpatients had been confined to bed (from postural symptoms). It was 30633 days from onset of POS to diagnosis. Baseline oxygen saturations supine were 9365% and 8466% uprigh… Show more
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