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- Ebstein anomaly patients often experience increased interatrial communications and abnormal blood flow, primarily due to tricuspid regurgitation or high right atrial pressure.
- In a unique case, a permanent pacemaker lead inadvertently maintained an open patent foramen ovale, causing right-to-left shunting of blood.
- This situation resulted in exertional hypoxemia and is noted as the first report of its kind in existing literature.
Article Abstract
Patients with Ebstein anomaly are known to have a higher incidence of interatrial communications and shunting of blood and its components through, mainly due to either streaming of tricuspid regurgitation or due to elevated right atrial pressure. Here we describe a case where permanent pacemaker lead kept a patent foramen ovale open leading to right-to-left shunting of blood and exertional hypoxemia. This is the first such case report in the published literature.
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