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Pulmonary edema surgery
Introduction
Overview
Overview
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.
Surgery
Surgery
- 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
References
References
- ↑ Mattu A, Martinez JP, Kelly BS (November 2005). “Modern management of cardiogenic pulmonary edema”. Emerg. Med. Clin. North Am. 23 (4): 1105–25. doi:10.1016/j.emc.2005.07.005. PMID 16199340.
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