Key result
Intravenous furosemide and glyceryl trinitrate therapy resulted in complete clinical and radiological resolution of unilateral pulmonary edema within 12 hours.
Population
1 86-year-old Sinhalese Sri Lankan woman with acute onset dyspnea and cardiogenic shock due to acute non-ST…
Design
Case_report
Follow-up
6 months
Authors
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May prompt mitral regurgitation evaluation in unilateral edema; hypothesis-generating for diagnostic algorithms in heart failure.
Case Report (n=1)
No
Unilateral pulmonary edema is a rare presentation of acute heart failure and severe mitral regurgitation that can be misdiagnosed as pneumonia but is rapidly reversible with appropriate diuretic and vasodilator therapy.
Handagala et al. (2018) conducted a case report in Unilateral pulmonary edema (n=1). Intravenous furosemide and glyceryl trinitrate was evaluated on Clinical and radiological improvement. Intravenous furosemide and glyceryl trinitrate therapy resulted in complete clinical and radiological resolution of unilateral pulmonary edema within 12 hours.
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