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Direct cardioversion resulted in pulmonary edema secondary to myocardial injury, demonstrated by ECG changes and elevated troponin T, in a 68-year-old woman with normal coronary arteries.
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Electrical cardioversion can rarely cause pulmonary edema secondary to myocardial injury, even in patients with normal coronary arteries.
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Clinicians should consider myocardial injury in post-cardioversion pulmonary edema; case extends recognition of this rare complication.
Direct cardioversion used in the treatment of various cardiac arrhythmias is a highly effective and simple procedure with infrequent complications. An uncommon complication is the occurrence of pulmonary edema. This report describes a 68-year-old woman with normal coronary arteries who experienced pulmonary edema following cardioversion secondary to myocardial injury demonstrated by ECG changes and elevation of troponin T.
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Rollán et al. (2003) conducted a case report in Cardiac arrhythmias (n=1). Direct cardioversion was evaluated on Pulmonary edema. Direct cardioversion resulted in pulmonary edema secondary to myocardial injury, demonstrated by ECG changes and elevated troponin T, in a 68-year-old woman with normal coronary arteries.
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