Cardiology - Case Reports
October 1, 2018
Vol. 88 No. 3 (2018)
A case of pulmonary edema: The critical role of lung-heart integrated ultrasound examination
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Cardiogenic pulmonary edema is a common presentation of acute heart failure normally treated with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), diuretics and nitrates. This therapy is contraindicated in case of cardiac tamponade. We describe a case of pulmonary edema due to cardiac tamponade in which integrated lung-heart ultrasound examination allowed prompt diagnosis and pericardiocentesis before administration of CPAP thus avoiding circulatory collapse.
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“A Case of Pulmonary Edema: The Critical Role of Lung-Heart Integrated Ultrasound Examination”. 2018. Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease 88 (3). https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2018.982.