Extreme cardiac and pulmonary artery compression causing positional oxygen desaturation

Emerg Med J. 2008 Aug;25(8):541. doi: 10.1136/emj.2006.045807.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Arterial Occlusive Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Arterial Occlusive Diseases / etiology*
  • Constriction, Pathologic / complications
  • Dyspnea / etiology
  • Heart Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Diseases / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Hypoxia / etiology
  • Male
  • Mediastinal Neoplasms / complications*
  • Mediastinal Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Posture
  • Pulmonary Artery*
  • Teratoma / complications*
  • Teratoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed