Platypnea-orthodeoxia
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Definition
- Orthostatic right-to-left shunt across an ASD or PFO resulting in desaturation and dyspnea on sitting upright
Differential Diagnosis
- Cardiac
- ASD
- PFO
- Intrapulmonary shunting
- Pericardial effusion
- Constrictive pericarditis
- Pulmonary
- Emphysema
- Amiodarone pulmonary toxicity
- Pneumonectomy
- Cirrhosis
