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Ann Thorac Surg 1988;46:104-105
© 1988 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Fatal Hypoxemia Following Mitral Valve Replacement

John M. Streitz, Jr., M.D., Peter R. Maggs, M.D.*

From Harvard Medical School and the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, New England Deaconess Hospital, Boston, MA

Accepted for publication January 25, 1988.

* Address reprint requests to Dr. Maggs, 110 Francis St, Suite 9F, Boston, MA 02215

Patency of the foramen ovale is a common condition. In certain clinical settings it permits the development of right-to-left intracardiac shunting. A case is described of sudden, fatal hypoxemia due to shunting through a patent foramen ovale immediately following mitral valve replacement.




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