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  • Title: Fatal hypoxemia following mitral valve replacement.
    Author: Streitz JM, Maggs PR.
    Journal: Ann Thorac Surg; 1988 Jul; 46(1):104-5. PubMed ID: 3382274.
    Abstract:
    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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