Heart India (Jan 2023)

Potpourri of the radiological feature of acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema

  • Ajinkya Mahorkar,
  • Virag Mahorkar,
  • Uday Mahorkar,
  • Anurag Vidhale,
  • Avanti Vidhale,
  • Suresh Sarwale

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/heartindia.heartindia_54_23
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 3
pp. 174 – 176

Abstract

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Cardiogenic pulmonary edema is a usual finding in a radiographic investigation, and unilateral pulmonary edema (UPE) is a possibility. We present a rare case of a 60-year-old female with acute coronary syndrome, acute mitral regurgitation (MR), and UPE secondary to papillary muscle rupture. The MR led to UPE that recovered after mitral valve replacement and a coronary artery bypass graft. Thus, awareness of early detection and management of UPE associated with MR can save a patient's life in life-threatening conditions.

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