Platypnoea-orthodeoxia in an elderly man with patent foramen ovale and dilated ascending aorta

Age Ageing. 2012 Jan;41(1):132-4. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afr131. Epub 2011 Nov 16.

Abstract

We report the case of an 85-year-old male with platypnoea-orthodeoxia associated with patent foramen ovale (PFO) and ectatic ascending aorta, in the absence of any significant pulmonary pathology.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Aorta / abnormalities*
  • Aorta / diagnostic imaging
  • Aorta / surgery
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures / instrumentation
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures / methods
  • Chest Pain / diagnosis*
  • Chest Pain / surgery
  • Cognition
  • Dilatation, Pathologic / diagnosis*
  • Dilatation, Pathologic / surgery
  • Dyspnea / diagnosis*
  • Dyspnea / surgery
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Exercise Tolerance
  • Foramen Ovale, Patent / diagnosis*
  • Foramen Ovale, Patent / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Treatment Outcome