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Fontoura A, Cunha G, Horta E, et al. The many paths to diagnose diaphragmatic paralysis: Cardiopulmonary ultrasound on stage. Echocardiography. 2021;doi: 10.1111/echo.15275.
Fontoura, A., Cunha, G., Horta, E., & Andrade, M. J. (2021). The many paths to diagnose diaphragmatic paralysis: Cardiopulmonary ultrasound on stage. Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.), . https://doi.org/10.1111/echo.15275
Fontoura, Alexandre, et al. "The many paths to diagnose diaphragmatic paralysis: Cardiopulmonary ultrasound on stage." Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) vol. (2021). doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/echo.15275
Fontoura A, Cunha G, Horta E, Andrade MJ. The many paths to diagnose diaphragmatic paralysis: Cardiopulmonary ultrasound on stage. Echocardiography. 2021 Dec 15; doi: 10.1111/echo.15275. Epub 2021 Dec 15. PMID: 34913199.
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Echocardiography. 2021 Dec 15; doi: 10.1111/echo.15275. Epub 2021 Dec 15.

The many paths to diagnose diaphragmatic paralysis: Cardiopulmonary ultrasound on stage.

Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.)

Alexandre Fontoura, Gonçalo Cunha, Eduarda Horta, Maria João Andrade

Affiliations

  1. Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Unidade Local de Saúde da Guarda E.P.E. - Hospital Sousa Martins, Guarda, Portugal.
  2. Department of Cardiology, Hospital Santa Cruz - Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental E.P.E., Guarda, Portugal.

PMID: 34913199 DOI: 10.1111/echo.15275

Abstract

Abnormal diaphragmatic motion (ADM) due to phrenic nerve injury is a recognized complication of cardiac surgery and several diagnostic techniques can be used to determine the diagnosis. Due to its relationship with the diaphragm, cardiac kinetics is affected by the abnormal movement of the diaphragm in cases of left hemidiaphragm paralysis. The authors present a case of diaphragmatic paralysis in which the initial diagnosis is made through echocardiography.

© 2021 Wiley Periodicals LLC.

Keywords: diaphragmatic paralysis; echocardiography; phrenic nerve damage

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