Unilateral pulmonary oedema complicating mitral regurgitation: Diagnosis and demonstration by transoesophageal echocardiography

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 466-470

  Lesieur, O ^a   Lorillard, R ^a   Ha Thi, H ^a   Dudeffant, P ^a   Ledain, L ^a  

^a Réanimation Polyvalente   (France)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Mitral valve regurgitation; Transoesophageal echocardiography; Unilateral pulmonary oedema

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; FUROSEMIDE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESUSCITATION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; PULMONARY EDEMA;

EID: 0034023603     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001340051183     Document Type: Article

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