Localized Pulmonary Edema Secondary to Pulmonary Embolism

Aoi Omori, MD; Toshiaki Toyota, MD, PhD; Shigeki Arizono, MD, PhD; Taiji Okada, MD, PhD; Kitae Kim, MD, PhD; Yutaka Furukawa, MD, PhD

JACC: Case Reports (Jun 2024)

Localized Pulmonary Edema Secondary to Pulmonary Embolism

Aoi Omori, MD,
Toshiaki Toyota, MD, PhD,
Shigeki Arizono, MD, PhD,
Taiji Okada, MD, PhD,
Kitae Kim, MD, PhD,
Yutaka Furukawa, MD, PhD

Affiliations

Aoi Omori, MD: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Kobe, Japan
Toshiaki Toyota, MD, PhD: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Kobe, Japan; Address for correspondence: Dr Toshiaki Toyota, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, 2-1-1, Minatojimaminamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0047, Japan.
Shigeki Arizono, MD, PhD: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Kobe, Japan
Taiji Okada, MD, PhD: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Kobe, Japan
Kitae Kim, MD, PhD: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Kobe, Japan
Yutaka Furukawa, MD, PhD: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Kobe, Japan

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 29, no. 11
p. 102332

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A 47-year-old man had localized pulmonary edema (LPE) and a massive pulmonary embolism. The cause of LPE was believed to be a high blood supply to the spared pulmonary artery territories without a thrombus. The patient was successfully treated with unfractionated heparin and thrombolytic agents.

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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