Orthodeoxia-platypnea syndrome and stroke: Overlapping pathophysiology

J Neurol Sci. 2015 Sep 15;356(1-2):215-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2015.06.047. Epub 2015 Jun 25.

Authors

Célia Machado¹, Ricardo Pereira², José Amorim³, Carlos Galvão⁴, João Pinho⁵, Carla Ferreira⁵, João Rocha⁵

Affiliations

¹ Neurology Department, Hospital de Braga, Portugal. Electronic address: ccarinamachado@gmail.com.
² Internal Medicine Department, Hospital Pedro Hispano, Portugal.
³ Neuroradiology Department, Hospital de Braga, Portugal.
⁴ Cardiology Department, Hospital de Braga, Portugal.
⁵ Neurology Department, Hospital de Braga, Portugal.

PMID: 26142021
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2015.06.047

No abstract available

Keywords: Ischemic stroke; Orthodeoxia–platypnea syndrome; Patent foramen ovale.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Brain / pathology
Dyspnea, Paroxysmal / complications*
Female
Foramen Ovale, Patent / complications*
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Stroke / complications*