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Acute mitral regurgitation due to mitral valve prolapse can present with unilateral pulmonary edema and hemosputum, mimicking pneumonia, and was successfully treated with mitral valvuloplasty.
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Acute mitral regurgitation can present with unilateral pulmonary edema and hemosputum mimicking pneumonia, highlighting the importance of transesophageal echocardiography when transthoracic imaging is inconclusive.
Acute mitral regurgitation may mimic pneumonia with hemoptysis; this case report leaves open the need for echocardiography in atypical presentations.
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Tamai et al. (2022) conducted a case report in Unilateral cardiogenic pulmonary edema due to mitral valve prolapse (n=1). Mitral valvuloplasty was evaluated. Acute mitral regurgitation due to mitral valve prolapse can present with unilateral pulmonary edema and hemosputum, mimicking pneumonia, and was successfully treated with mitral valvuloplasty.
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