What is the cause of pulmonary oedema after acute myocardial infarction? A case study

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 591-592

  Raijmakers, P G H M ^a   Bax, J J ^a   Groeneveld, A B J ^a   Visser, F C ^a   Teule, G J J ^a   Thijs, L G ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Adult respiratory distress syndrome; Mitral regurgitation; Papillary muscle dysfunction; Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure; Pulmonary oedema

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CASE REPORT; HEART PAPILLARY MUSCLE; HUMAN; LUNG CAPILLARY PRESSURE; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION;

EID: 0029893018     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01708103     Document Type: Article

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