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Relation between patent foramen ovale and perfusion abnormalities in acute pulmonary embolism
R L Miller1, S Das, T Anandarangam
1Department of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA.
The American Journal of Cardiology
|August 1, 1997
Abstract:
The frequency of right-to-left shunt through a patent foramen ovale is increased in hemodynamically stable patients without preexisting cardiopulmonary disease with acute pulmonary embolism. This is associated with a greater degree of perfusion abnormalities as quantified by perfusion scan and the presence of tricuspid regurgitation.