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Aetiology

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Possible causes include:

  • cardiac shunt - where the venous blood enters the left side of the heart without passing through the lungs, ie. a right to left shunt
  • pulmonary shunt - where there is inadequate oxygenation of the blood as it passes through unventilated alveoli

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