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Hypoxemia from right-to-left shunting through a patent foramen ovale in right ventricular infarction:

treatment by revascularization, preload reduction, and, finally, interventional PFO closure

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    Bernhard Kuch, Matthias Riehle MD & Wolfgang von Scheidt MD

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Kuch, B., Riehle, M. & von Scheidt, W. Hypoxemia from right-to-left shunting through a patent foramen ovale in right ventricular infarction:. Clin Res Cardiol 95, 680–684 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-006-0442-3

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