Pulmonary edema surgery

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Farnaz Khalighinejad, MD [2]

The mainstay of treatment for pulmonary edema is medical therapy. Surgery is usually reserved for patients who experienced cardiogenic shock following acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema.

• The mainstay of treatment for pulmonary edema is medical therapy. Surgery is usually reserved for patients who experienced cardiogenic shock following acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema^[1]

• We can consider angioplasty or cardiac bypass surgery as definitive therapy in patient with underlying cardiac disease

• Definitive therapy for the patient with cardiogenic shock caused by acute valvular disorders involves emergent valvuloplasty or valve replacement

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