Urgent surgical closure addresses hypoxemia from posture-dependent right-to-left shunt in patients with POS, indicating a critical intervention needed.
Platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome (POS) causes posture-dependent hypoxemia due to right-to-left shunt, and it may be underestimated by routine evaluation.
No takes yet. Share an insight, caveat, or question.
Shimizu et al. (2026) studied this question.
Synapse has enriched 5 closely related papers on similar clinical questions. Consider them for comparative context: