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{{CMG}}; '''Associate Editors-In-Chief:''' [[Priyamvada Singh|Priyamvada Singh, M.B.B.S.]] [mailto:psingh@perfuse.org]; '''Assistant Editor-In-Chief:''' [[Kristin Feeney|Kristin Feeney, B.S.]] [mailto:kfeeney@perfuse.org]

==Overview==

In [[platypnea-orthodeoxia]] syndrome the patient might complain of difficulty in breathing (dyspnoea) on assuming an upright posture. The syndrome can be seen in inter-atrial shunting like [[patent foramen ovale]]. In [[patent foramen ovale]] ([[PFO]]), the upright posture may increase shunting via the redirection of [[inferior vena cava]] ([[IVC]]) inflow towards the inter-atrial septum. The syndrome is also seen in conditions like right [[pneumonectomy]], enlarged aortic root and prominent [[Eustachian valve]]

==References==
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==See also==
*[[Atrioventricular septal defect]]
*[[Congenital heart disease]]

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