The Paradoxical Protector: A Stretched Patent Foramen Ovale in Severe Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension and Right Heart Failure in an Adolescent — A Case Report
Introduction: In severe pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a small interatrial communication identified on echocardiography is frequently misinterpreted as the congenital lesion responsible for the disease. Physiologically, however, such a communication may function as a right atrial decompression pathway. The dist...