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Orthostatic hypoxia after device closure of ruptured sinus Valsalva: Platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome
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  • yaser jenab,
  • ali hosseinsabet,
  • sarah taaghi,
  • kaveh hosseini,
  • laura vaskelyte
yaser jenab
Tehran Heart Center

Corresponding Author:yasjenab@gmail.com

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ali hosseinsabet
Tehran Heart Center
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sarah taaghi
Tehran Heart Center
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kaveh hosseini
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laura vaskelyte
Frankfurt Hospital Consortium
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Abstract

fifty years old woman with dyspnea of exertion, rupture of sinus Valsalva to right atrium and patent foramen oval in echocardiography referred to our hospital. After device closure of the rupture, she developed orthostatic hypoxemia. Invasive intra-cardiac evaluation confirmed the diagnosis of Platypnea-Orthodeoxia Syndrome which was closed with device